EXOCENTRIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents

Example:

when 'until last Easter' serves as an adverb it is an exocentric construction

Classified under:

Adjectives

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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