Definitions for exocentric
ˌɛk soʊˈsɛn trɪkex·o·cen·tric

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1. exocentricadjective

   not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents

   "when `until last Easter' serves as an adverb it is an exocentric construction"

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1. exocentricadjective

   Not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words.

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1. exocentric

   In theoretical linguistics, a distinction is made between endocentric and exocentric constructions. A grammatical construction (for instance, a phrase or compound) is said to be endocentric if it fulfils the same linguistic function as one of its parts, and exocentric if it does not. The distinction reaches back at least to Bloomfield's work of the 1930s, who based it on terms by Pāṇini and Patañjali in Sanskrit grammar. Such a distinction is possible only in phrase structure grammars (constituency grammars), since in dependency grammars all constructions are necessarily endocentric.

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1. exocentric

   Exocentric refers to a term or construction in linguistics where the meaning or function is not predicted by the meaning or function of its parts. In simpler terms, it is a word or phrase that doesn't obtain its name or meaning from the headword or primary word within it. For example, "bluebird" is not a type of bird that is blue.

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1. • Grammar

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1914","10"],["1924","6"],["1928","1"],["1933","250"],["1935","23"],["1937","2"],["1939","1"],["1940","1"],["1942","15"],["1943","1"],["1946","3"],["1947","3"],["1948","25"],["1949","33"],["1950","23"],["1951","38"],["1952","2"],["1953","3"],["1954","47"],["1955","17"],["1956","18"],["1957","24"],["1958","59"],["1959","21"],["1960","84"],["1961","93"],["1962","82"],["1963","201"],["1964","209"],["1965","153"],["1966","129"],["1967","139"],["1968","185"],["1969","119"],["1970","104"],["1971","120"],["1972","94"],["1973","138"],["1974","138"],["1975","172"],["1976","101"],["1977","328"],["1978","227"],["1979","84"],["1980","92"],["1981","127"],["1982","165"],["1983","217"],["1984","97"],["1985","177"],["1986","101"],["1987","186"],["1988","368"],["1989","116"],["1990","230"],["1991","367"],["1992","163"],["1993","240"],["1994","383"],["1995","337"],["1996","210"],["1997","236"],["1998","309"],["1999","421"],["2000","209"],["2001","289"],["2002","448"],["2003","590"],["2004","562"],["2005","470"],["2006","595"],["2007","372"],["2008","244"]]

How to pronounce exocentric?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say exocentric in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of exocentric in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of exocentric in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=exocentric
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Exocentric
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocentric
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=exocentric