Definition of "exocentric" in English

adjective

1. Focused or centered on something outside of itself.

2. (grammar, of a phrase or compound) Not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words.

3. (semantics, of or relating to a compound term) Not having the same semantic referent as the semantic referent of any of its constituent parts.

noun

1. (grammar) An exocentric compound.