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autosemantic

autosemantic adjective: that has an independent meaning outside of a particular context.

Adjective

autosemantic (not comparable)

  1. That has an independent meaning outside of a particular context

Antonyms of autosemantic

Origin of autosemantic

From auto- + semantic.

Questions about autosemantic

What does autosemantic mean?
Autosemantic means that has an independent meaning outside of a particular context.
What part of speech is autosemantic?
Autosemantic is an adjective.

Words near autosemantic in the dictionary

  1. autoselections
  2. autoselective
  3. autoselector
  4. autoselectors
  5. autoselects
  6. autosemantic
  7. autosemination
  8. autosend
  9. autosender
  10. autosenders
  11. autosensing

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