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autohyponymous

autohyponymous adjective: being or relating to an autohyponym: a polysemous word (that is, one with multiple senses) such that one sense is a hyponym of another.

Adjective

autohyponymous (not comparable)

  1. Being or relating to an autohyponym: a polysemous word (that is, one with multiple senses) such that one sense is a hyponym of another.
    Synonyms:
    autohyponymic

Synonyms of autohyponymous

Origin of autohyponymous

From autohyponym + -ous.

Questions about autohyponymous

What does autohyponymous mean?
Autohyponymous means being or relating to an autohyponym: a polysemous word (that is, one with multiple senses) such that one sense is a hyponym of another.
What part of speech is autohyponymous?
Autohyponymous is an adjective.

Words near autohyponymous in the dictionary

  1. autohypnotic
  2. autohypnotism
  3. autohypnotization
  4. autohyponym
  5. autohyponymic
  6. autohyponymous
  7. autohyponyms
  8. autohyponymy
  9. autoicon
  10. autoicons
  11. autoicous

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