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Exocentric Moderate

Exocentric has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

An exocentric compound.

Adjective
1

not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents

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

2

Focused or centered on something outside of itself.

Related Terms
Antonyms
endocentric
Rhyming Words
ric cric eric uric tric bric elric baric deric zoric lyric xeric seric ulric doric ceric moric roric daric adric
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