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      exocentric
      adjective
      not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents
      Roots
      exoexo- · Greek · outsidekentroncentr- · Greek · centerikos-ic · Greek · pertaining to
      Words related to exocentric
      endocentricadjdeverbativeadjpronominalizationndeverbalbahuvrihiextraposegrammarnautologyadjadnominalparasyntheticadjagentivitynparasynthetongrammaticalizevasyndeticadjabessiveadjdenominalallativeadjcliticizationncliticizevsubstantivizationnpostposedvasyndeticallyadvaoristicadjpostpositionallyadvperfectivitynpreverbquotativeadjsociativeadjkarmadharayatranslativeadj

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