Associations to the word «Exocentric»

Wiktionary

EXOCENTRIC, adjective. Focused or centered on something outside of itself.
EXOCENTRIC, adjective. (linguistics) (of a phrase or compound) Not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words.

Dictionary definition

EXOCENTRIC, 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".

Wise words

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery