autochthonic
autochthonic adjective: existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous.
Adjective
autochthonic (not comparable)
- Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous.
- I argue that Indian law exceptionalism generally follows from the autochthonic understanding of Native sovereignty and that Indian law assimilationism generally follows from the heterochthonic understanding of Native sovereignty.2024 September 30, Michael Doran, “EXCEPTIONALISM AND ASSIMILATIONISM IN FEDERAL INDIAN LAW”, in Stanford Law School, volume 20, number 2, page 270, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2025
- Synonyms:
- autochthonous, autochthonal
Synonyms of autochthonic
Antonyms
Origin of autochthonic
From autochthon + -ic.
Words that rhyme with autochthonic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- demonic
- ionic
- laconic
- masonic
- mnemonic
- monic
- monophonic
- monotonic
- pythonic
- Teutonic
- catatonic
- colonic
- histrionic
- homophonic
- infrasonic
- moronic
- planktonic
- platonic
- polytonic
- sardonic
- Slavonic
- sonic
- supersonic
- syntonic
- ambisonic
- anionic
- aplatonic
- apophonic
- arachidonic
- avionic
- bacterioplanktonic
- Bonnick
- bosonic
- breviconic
- bubonic
- Byronic
- carbonic
- chthonic
- clonic
- conic
- cryonic
- Decameronic
- diatonic
- eugonic
- euphonic
- eutonic
- glyconic
- hadronic
Questions about autochthonic
- What does autochthonic mean?
- Autochthonic means existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous.
- What part of speech is autochthonic?
- Autochthonic is an adjective.
Words near autochthonic in the dictionary
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