Associations to the word «Endocentric»
Noun
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Wiktionary
ENDOCENTRIC, adjective. Focused or centered within itself, and not on something external.
ENDOCENTRIC, adjective. (grammar) (of a phrase or compound word) fulfilling the same grammatical role as one of its constituents.
Dictionary definition
ENDOCENTRIC, adjective. Fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents; "when `three blind mice' serves as a noun it is an endocentric construction".
Wise words
All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast
of the mind.