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What pronouns refer to (11 letter answer)
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ANTECEDENTS
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The answer ANTECEDENTS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
ANTECEDENT as a noun:
1. (ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root) = someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
2. a preceding occurrence or cause or event
3. (antecedent, forerunner) = anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
4. the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun