The use of hyphenated terms to describe people's identities, as in "Irish-American".

plural of hyphenism

(transitive) to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line. / (transitive) to join words or syllables with a hyphen.

A person or object with multiple duties, abilities or characteristics, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".

plural of hyphenation

present participle of hyphenate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hyphenate

plural of hyphenate

(transitive, dated) To separate or punctuate with a hyphen; to hyphenate.

Used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation "-".