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endocentric

Syllabification: (en·do·cen·tric)
Pronunciation: /ˌendōˈsentrik/

Definition of endocentric

adjective

Linguistics
  • denoting or being a construction in which the whole has the same syntactic function as the head, for example big black dogs. Contrasted with exocentric.

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