exocentric

1. 1.

   not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents

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

   Antonymsendocentric

   grammar

Questions about exocentric

What does exocentric mean?

exocentric means "not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents".

How many syllables are in exocentric?

exocentric has 4 syllables and divides as ex-o-cen-tric under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of exocentric?

The recorded antonyms are endocentric.

Is exocentric a common word?

exocentric is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.