exocentric

• Término lingüístico que describe una palabra compuesta cuyo significado no se deduce de la suma de los significados de sus partes (por ejemplo, 'redhead' no es 'cabeza roja').

A linguistic term describing a compound word whose meaning is not derived from the meanings of its individual parts (e.g., 'redhead' is not a red head).

1. Grammatical structureC2formal

   Describing a compound or phrase whose grammatical function is not the same as any of its individual parts.

   exocéntrico (estructura gramatical)

   • The word 'pickpocket' is an exocentric compound because it does not refer to a pocket or picking.
   • In linguistics, 'redhead' is considered exocentric as it describes a person, not a head.
   • Exocentric constructions often have a meaning that is not predictable from their components.

   Antónimosendocentric