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exophora

Syllabification: (ex·oph·o·ra)
Pronunciation: /ekˈsäfərə/

Definition of exophora

noun

Linguistics
  • reference in a text or utterance to something external to it, which is only fully intelligible in terms of information about the extralinguistic situation. Compare with endophora.

Derivatives

exophoric


adjective

exophora in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of exophora in the British & World English dictionary