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Adjective: endocentric  ,en-dow'sen-trik
  1. (grammar) fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents
    "when 'three blind mice' serves as a noun it is an endocentric construction"

Antonym: exocentric

Encyclopedia: Endocentric

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