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Exocentric

(grammar) An exocentric compound.

📖 Definitions of "Exocentric"

noun
  1. 1

    (grammar) An exocentric compound.

adjective
  1. 1

    Focused or centered on something outside of itself.

  2. 2

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

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