exocentric

• Termo linguístico que descreve um composto cujo significado não se deduz dos significados das partes isoladas (por exemplo, 'cabeça de vento' não é literalmente uma cabeça de vento).

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.

   Exocêntrico

   • 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.

   Antônimosendocentric