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autodescriptive

autodescriptive adjective: self-describing.

Adjective

autodescriptive (not comparable)

  1. self-describing

Origin of autodescriptive

From auto- + descriptive.

Questions about autodescriptive

What does autodescriptive mean?
Autodescriptive means self-describing.
What part of speech is autodescriptive?
Autodescriptive is an adjective.

Words near autodescriptive in the dictionary

  1. autodephosphorylate
  2. autodephosphorylated
  3. autodephosphorylates
  4. autodephosphorylating
  5. autodephosphorylation
  6. autodescriptive
  7. autodestruct
  8. autodestructed
  9. autodestructing
  10. autodestruction
  11. autodestructive

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