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ENDOCENTRIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does endocentric mean?
• ENDOCENTRIC (adjective)
The adjective ENDOCENTRIC has 1 sense:
1. fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents
Familiarity information: ENDOCENTRIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents
Context example:
when 'three blind mice' serves as a noun it is an endocentric construction
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
Antonym:
exocentric (not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents)
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