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automeronym

automeronym noun: a word that is a meronym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a stricter subsense that denotes a part (portion) of what the broader main sense denotes.

Noun

automeronym (plural automeronyms)

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

Forms of automeronym

pluralautomeronyms

Origin of automeronym

From auto- + meronym; by surface analysis, auto- + mero- + -nym.

Questions about automeronym

What does automeronym mean?
Automeronym means a word that is a meronym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a stricter subsense that denotes a part (portion) of what the broader main sense denotes.
What part of speech is automeronym?
Automeronym is a noun.
What is the plural of automeronym?
The plural of automeronym is automeronyms.

Words near automeronym in the dictionary

  1. automela
  2. automelon
  3. automen
  4. automerization
  5. automerizations
  6. automeronym
  7. automeronyms
  8. automeronymy
  9. autometallographic
  10. autometallographical
  11. autometallography

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