pronominal

adjective pro·nom·i·nal \ prō-ˈnä-mə-nᵊl , -ˈnäm-nəl \

Examples: pronominal in a Sentence

Definition of pronominal

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

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Examples of pronominal in a Sentence

the pronominal adjective “this” in “this dog”

Recent Examples of pronominal from the Web

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, "A Trove of Continental Fiction Explores Loss," 5 Jan. 2018

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