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autoholonym

autoholonym noun: a word that is a holonym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a broader subsense that denotes a whole comprising the part (portion) that the stricter main sense denotes.

Noun

autoholonym (plural autoholonyms)

  1. A word that is a holonym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a broader subsense that denotes a whole comprising the part (portion) that the stricter main sense denotes.

Forms of autoholonym

pluralautoholonyms

Origin of autoholonym

From auto- + holonym; by surface analysis, auto- + holo- + -nym.

Questions about autoholonym

What does autoholonym mean?
Autoholonym means a word that is a holonym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a broader subsense that denotes a whole comprising the part (portion) that the stricter main sense denotes.
What part of speech is autoholonym?
Autoholonym is a noun.
What is the plural of autoholonym?
The plural of autoholonym is autoholonyms.

Words near autoholonym in the dictionary

  1. autohiding
  2. autohistoradiographic
  3. autohistoradiographically
  4. autohistoradiographies
  5. autohistoradiography
  6. autoholonym
  7. autoholonyms
  8. autoholonymy
  9. autohomeomorphism
  10. autohomeomorphisms
  11. autohomicide

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