autonym

Noun

autonym (plural autonyms)

1. An infraspecific name in which the specific epithet is repeated.
   • Near-synonym: type variety

   Synonyms:

   type variety

2. A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups.
   • Deutsche is the autonym of the people known in English as Germans.

   Synonyms:

   endonym, selfname

   Antonyms:

   exonym, xenonym

3. The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
   • As a general principle, the heading of the main entry of the book should be in the form in which the book itself is published; that is, if it is published under an autonym let the autonym be given, if under a pseudonym, then let the pseudonym be given, and if the book be anonymous, then let the...1900, Mr. Barnwell, “Cataloging Roundtable”, in Library Journal, page 157

   Synonyms:

   orthonym, alethonym

   Antonyms:

   pseudonym, allonym, alias, pen name, nom de plume, nom de clavier, nom de Web, stage name, nom de guerre

4. A work published under the author's true name.

   Antonyms:

   allonym