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autohypernym

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
au-to-hy-per-nym
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word that is a hypernym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a broader secondary sense whose denotation is a superset of what the stricter main sense denotes.

Etymology

From auto- + hypernym; by surface analysis, auto- + hyper- + -nym.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

autohypernyms (plural)

Phrases

strictly speaking stricto sensu

Frequently Paired Words

autohypernymy autohyponymy hypernymy hyponymy cohyponym comeronym strictly speaking stricto sensu

Questions

What does autohypernym mean?
A word that is a hypernym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a broader secondary sense whose denotation is a superset of what the stricter main sense denotes.
Where does autohypernym come from?
From auto- + hypernym; by surface analysis, auto- + hyper- + -nym.

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