Definition of Exocentric

1. Adjective. Not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents. "When `until last Easter' serves as an adverb it is an exocentric construction"

Category relationships: Grammar
Antonyms: Endocentric

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exocentric

exobiologies
exobiologist
exobiologists
exobiology
exobiology
exocardia
exocardiac
exocardial
exocarp
exocarp
exocarps
exoccipital
exoccipital bone
exocellular
exocelomic membrane
exocentric (current term)
Exocet
Exocoetidae
exocoetus
exocrine
exocrine
exocrines
exocrine gland
exocrine gland
exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
exocrine part of pancreas
exocyclic
exocyclic
Exocycloida
exocytic

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