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inverse attraction

inverse attraction noun: a species of solecism, in which an antecedent is declined for the case of its relative pronoun, contrary to the antecedent’s syntactic function.

Noun

inverse attraction (uncountable)

  1. A species of solecism, in which an antecedent is declined for the case of its relative pronoun, contrary to the antecedent’s syntactic function.

Questions about inverse attraction

What does inverse attraction mean?
Inverse attraction means a species of solecism, in which an antecedent is declined for the case of its relative pronoun, contrary to the antecedent’s syntactic function.
What part of speech is inverse attraction?
Inverse attraction is a noun.

Words near inverse attraction in the dictionary

  1. Invernessians
  2. Invernessshire
  3. inverse
  4. inverse agonist
  5. inverse agonists
  6. inverse attraction
  7. inverse condemnation
  8. inverse condemnations
  9. inverse cosine
  10. inverse cosines
  11. inverse Fourier transform

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