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