Associations to the word «Endocentric»

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

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn