pronominal
adjective
pro·nom·i·nal
prō-ˈnä-mə-nᵊl 
-ˈnäm-nəl
1
: of, relating to, or constituting a pronoun
2
: resembling a pronoun in identifying or specifying without describing
the pronominal adjective this in this dog
pronominally
adverb
Examples of pronominal in a Sentence
the pronominal adjective “this” in “this dog”
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There are two reasons for this pronominal deletion.
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Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2022
Through perspectival shifts, pronominal slippage and shout-outs to cinema, poetry and of course music, Mercier allows the duo’s fears and displaced ambitions to turn into one another in revelatory, oneiric and, ultimately, disturbing ways.
—Lisa Russ Spaar, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2018
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Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2022
Through perspectival shifts, pronominal slippage and shout-outs to cinema, poetry and of course music, Mercier allows the duo’s fears and displaced ambitions to turn into one another in revelatory, oneiric and, ultimately, disturbing ways.
—Lisa Russ Spaar, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2018
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“Pronominal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pronominal. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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pronominal
adjective
pro·nom·i·nal
prō-ˈnäm-ən-ᵊl
: of, relating to, or being a pronoun
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