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nominativus pendens (grammar) A noun phrase, introduced as if the subject of a sentence, that is not actually used as such. (rhetoric) Intentional use of such a construction.
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- nominativus pendens (grammar) A noun phrase, introduced as if the subject of a sentence, that is not actually used as such. (rhetoric) Intentional use of such a construction.