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autoantonymy

autoantonymy noun: the state of being an autoantonym; the phenomenon that autoantonyms instantiate.

Noun

autoantonymy (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) The state of being an autoantonym; the phenomenon that autoantonyms instantiate.

Synonyms of autoantonymy

Origin of autoantonymy

By surface analysis, autoantonym + -y, or, by surface analysis, auto- + antonymy.

Questions about autoantonymy

What does autoantonymy mean?
Autoantonymy means the state of being an autoantonym; the phenomenon that autoantonyms instantiate.
What part of speech is autoantonymy?
Autoantonymy is a noun.

Words near autoantonymy in the dictionary

  1. autoantigens
  2. autoantisemitism
  3. autoantonym
  4. autoantonymic
  5. autoantonyms
  6. autoantonymy
  7. autoapomorph
  8. autoapomorphic
  9. autoapomorphies
  10. autoapomorphs
  11. autoapomorphy

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