anaphor

noun
/ˈæ.nə.fɔɹ/US/ˈæ.nə.fə/UK

Etymology

Back-formation from anaphora.

Definitions

  1. An expression referring to another expression. In stricter uses, an expression referring…

    An expression referring to another expression. In stricter uses, an expression referring to something earlier in the discourse or, even more strictly, only reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.

The neighborhood

  • antonymlogophorantonym(s) of “linguistics”
  • antonymcataphoraantonym(s) of “linguistics”

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for anaphor. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA