exocentric
Meanings
adj
- Focused or centered on something outside of itself.
- Not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words.
- Not having the same semantic referent as the semantic referent of any of its constituent parts.
noun
- An exocentric compound.
Word forms
Etymology
From exo- + -centric.
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