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autohypernym

autohypernym noun: a word that is a hypernym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a broader secondary sense whose denotation is a superset of what the stricter main sense denotes.

Noun

autohypernym (plural autohypernyms)

  1. A word that is a hypernym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a broader secondary sense whose denotation is a superset of what the stricter main sense denotes.

Forms of autohypernym

pluralautohypernyms

Origin of autohypernym

From auto- + hypernym; by surface analysis, auto- + hyper- + -nym.

Questions about autohypernym

What does autohypernym mean?
Autohypernym means a word that is a hypernym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a broader secondary sense whose denotation is a superset of what the stricter main sense denotes.
What part of speech is autohypernym?
Autohypernym is a noun.
What is the plural of autohypernym?
The plural of autohypernym is autohypernyms.

Words near autohypernym in the dictionary

  1. autohotels
  2. autohybridize
  3. autohybridized
  4. autohydrogenotrophic
  5. autohydrolysis
  6. autohypernym
  7. autohypernyms
  8. autohypernymy
  9. autohyperonymy
  10. autohypnoses
  11. autohypnosis

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