Autohyponym
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Autohyponym is a noun meaning A word that is a hyponym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a stricter subsense whose denotation is entirely a subset of a broader sense.
Meaning
A word that is a hyponym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a stricter subsense whose denotation is entirely a subset of a broader sense.
Word Forms
- autohyponyms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include autohyponymy, taxonym, hyponymy, hypernym, hyperonymy, co-hyponym.
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