目もく的てき補ほ語ご

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Meanings

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noun

object complement; objective complement

linguistics

Linguistics term for a complement that follows a direct object and describes or renames it, e.g., 'They elected him president.'

補ほ語ご
補語 is a general term for complement; 目的補語 specifically refers to the complement of an object.
主しゅ格かく補ほ語ご
主格補語 is a subject complement, which follows a linking verb and describes the subject, whereas 目的補語 follows a direct object.

Compound of 目的 (object) and 補語 (complement), a calque from English 'object complement'.