Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autohyponymy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-to-hy-ponymy
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality or state of being an autohyponym; the semantic relation between a sense of a term (word) with another sense of the same term.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"First of all he speaks of linear polysemy, i.e. relations of specialization (or generalization) between polysemic senses which include autohyponymy (dog: animal species, male of this species) and autosuperordination (i.e. autohyperonymy; man: human male, human race) […]"

Etymology

By surface analysis, auto- + hyponymy, or, by surface analysis, autohyponym + -y.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

autohyponym cohyponym cohyponymy comeronym comeronymy hypernymy hyponymy autohypernymy

Questions

What does autohyponymy mean?: The quality or state of being an autohyponym; the semantic relation between a sense of a term (word) with another sense of the same term.
Where does autohyponymy come from?: By surface analysis, auto- + hyponymy, or, by surface analysis, autohyponym + -y.

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