exocentric

English

Etymology

exo- +‎ -centric

Adjective

exocentric (not comparable)

grammar
The adverbial phrase with great care contains no adverbs.

1. Focused or centered on something outside of itself.
2. (grammar, of a phrase or compound) Not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words.
3. (semantics, of or relating to a compound term) Not having the same semantic referent as the semantic referent of any of its constituent parts.

semantics
bats in the belfry scarecrow

semantics and grammar
(the) Big Easy ("New Orleans")

Coordinate terms

• (all senses): endocentric

Translations

(grammar, of a phrase or compound) not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words

• Finnish: eksosentrinen
• French: exocentrique (fr)
• Hungarian: egzocentrikus
• Italian: esocentrico

See also

• bahuvrihi

Noun

exocentric (plural exocentrics)

1. (grammar) An exocentric compound.

References

• exocentric on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “exocentric”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.