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Noun Concept
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exocentric compound
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A grammatical compound not having the same syntactic function in the sentence as any one of its immediate constituents. Open English WordNet
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A grammatical compound not having the same syntactic function in the sentence as any one of its immediate constituents. Open English WordNet
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The noun bittersweet is an exocentric compound, since it is a noun but its elements are both adjectives. Open English WordNet
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compound
Open English WordNet
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exocentric compound

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