Antonyms for agglutinative

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-gloot-n-ey-tiv, uh-gloot-n-uh-

Phonetic Transcription : əˈglut nˌeɪ tɪv, əˈglut n ə-

Definition of agglutinative

Origin : 1630s, in a medical sense, from Latin agglutinat-, past participle stem of agglutinare (see agglutination). Philological sense is from 1650s.

As in sticky : adj gummy, adhesive

Example sentences :

With regard to syntax, the Basque resembles all agglutinative languages.
Extract from : « Basque Legends » by Wentworth Webster

The juxtaposing technique we may call an “agglutinative” one, if we like.
Extract from : « Language » by Edward Sapir

They spoke an agglutinative language, and resembled the Chinese very much both in physical type and in character.
Extract from : « Human Origins » by Samuel Laing

Their absence, however, is readily explained by the persistence of the agglutinative principle, which renders them unnecessary.
Extract from : « Man, Past and Present » by Agustus Henry Keane

The main differences shown by these varieties are agglutinative differences.
Extract from : « Food Poisoning » by Edwin Oakes Jordan

The Sumerian language was of agglutinative type, radically distinct both from the pure Semitic idioms and from Egyptian.
Extract from : « History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, And Assyria In The Light Of Recent Discovery » by L.W. King and H.R. Hall

Their language was "agglutinative monosyllabic," with mingled Nigritic and Semitic characteristics.
Extract from : « The Rand-McNally Bible Atlas » by Jesse L. Hurlbut

Chinese belongs to the former class of languages, the "monosyllabic," Turkish to the latter, the "agglutinative."
Extract from : « Chaldea » by Znade A. Ragozin

Agglutinative languages do not often possess special adverbial endings.
Extract from : « Sumerian Hymns » by Frederick Augustus Vanderburgh

By the theory the monosyllabic is lower than the agglutinative, and inherently less useful.
Extract from : « Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex » by William E. Gates

Synonyms for agglutinative

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