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What is the noun for monosyllabism?

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monosyllabism
  1. The state of consisting of monosyllables, or having a monosyllabic form.
  2. Frequent occurrence of monosyllables.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The common traits of Sino-Tibetan language family are the tendency toward monosyllabism and the phonemic use of each syllable.”
      “I chose 'all the' over Jeff's superior 'any' for the added constraint and the pleasing concordance monosyllabism gives between words and beats.”
monosyllabicity
  1. The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic.
  2. Examples:
    1. “He was attractive, in a sinister yet compelling way, but taciturn to the point of monosyllabicity.”
      “It has often been claimed that linguistic evolution leads toward monosyllabicity and that an artificial international language should therefore contain no disyllabic words.”
      “The monosyllabicity of Chinese morphemes and units of writing has certain advantages in the use of operational synonyms of symbols under varying conditions of use.”
monosyllabic
  1. a word consisting of one syllable
monosyllable
  1. A word of one syllable.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Just like my mother can home in on my weak points with GPS accuracy, teenagers can humiliate me with a muttered monosyllable.”
      “Maybe inserting a monosyllable here would have ruined the poetic symmetry of his sentence.”
      “Just like my mother can hone in on my weak points with GPS accuracy, teenagers can humiliate me with a muttered monosyllable.”
monosyllabisms
  1. plural of monosyllabism
monosyllabics
  1. plural of monosyllabic
monosyllables
  1. plural of monosyllable
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Ella and Joe do not remark on this departure from his usual laconic monosyllables.”
      “In general, the contrast of monosyllables and polysyllables creates a strong balance.”
      “They are common in monosyllables and incorporate a glide before a vowel at a syllable boundary.”
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