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autoholonym

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
au-to-holonym
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

From auto- + holonym; by surface analysis, auto- + holo- + -nym.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

autoholonyms (plural)

Phrases

strictly speaking stricto sensu

Frequently Paired Words

autoholonymy automeronymy comeronym strictly speaking stricto sensu automeronym

Questions

What does autoholonym mean?
A word that is a holonym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a broader subsense that denotes a whole comprising the part (portion) that the stricter main sense denotes.
Where does autoholonym come from?
From auto- + holonym; by surface analysis, auto- + holo- + -nym.

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