noncompositionality

English

Etymology

From noncompositional +‎ -ity.

Noun

noncompositionality (uncountable)

1. (chiefly linguistics) Alternative form of non-compositionality.
   • 2018, John McWhorter, The Creole Debate, Cambridge, page 25:

     However, no morphologist would argue that there is not a difference in degree of noncompositionality between that of goal kick and that of the hopelessly unparseable understand.