Associations to the word «Anaphor»

Wiktionary

ANAPHOR, noun. (linguistics) An expression referring to another expression. In stricter uses, an expression referring to something earlier in the discourse or, even more strictly, only reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.

Dictionary definition

ANAPHOR, noun. A word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne