Associations to the word «Exocentric»
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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
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.