anaphor

n.

1.

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

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Noun

1.

anaphor - a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"