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anaphor

anap·hor

UK/ˈæ.nə.fə/ US/ˈæ.nə.fɔɹ/ uncommon

noun

1.

a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent

Origin

Back-formation from anaphora.

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