endocentric

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Focused or centered within itself, and not on something external.
2. adjective Fulfilling the same grammatical role as one of its constituents.

   The noun "houseboat" is endocentric because "boat" is also a noun.

3. noun An endocentric compound.

Similar words

grammar exocentric exocentered liminocentric immanent inwardlooking centrical centric nucleocentric central

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