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Meaning of exocentric

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

exocentric

noun

Definitions

  1. (grammar) An exocentric compound.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Focused or centered on something outside of itself.

  2. (grammar, of a phrase or compound) Not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exocentric

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