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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
exocentric is an adjective meaning "not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents". It carries one recorded sense.
not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents
“when `until last Easter' serves as an adverb it is an exocentric construction”
grammar
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for exocentric come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.