exocentric

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Adjective

exocentric (not comparable)

1. Focused or centered on something outside of itself.
2. (grammar, of a phrase or compound) Not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words.

Related terms

• endocentric

Noun

exocentric (plural exocentrics)

1. (grammar) An exocentric compound.

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