pronominal

adjective

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pro·nom·i·nal | \ prō-ˈnä-mə-nᵊl

, -ˈnäm-nəl \

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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the pronominal adjective “this” in “this dog”

Recent Examples on 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, 5 Jan. 2018

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