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EXOCENTRIC
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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:
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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