ENDOCENTRIC


Meaning of ENDOCENTRIC in English

|endō+ adjective

Etymology: end- + -centric

: having the same grammatical function as one of its immediate constituents that does not modify the other immediate constituent — used of a compound or construction (as blackbird, which is like bird in function, or my little Mary, which is like Mary in function); compare exocentric

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