Autology

Quick meaning: Autology is a noun meaning (uncommon, academic) The study of oneself.

Meaning

(uncommon, academic) The study of oneself.

More Meanings

1. (grammar) The property of a word or phrase which describes itself.
2. (more generally) The ability of a concept to apply to itself.

Example Sentences

According to Huxley, the illustration of the doctrine of the self belongs to “autology rather than psychology".

Because autology doesn't genuinely apply to meanings, it cannot function in the intensional treatment of words.

The words multisyllabic and sesquipedalian display autology: multisyllabic is a multisyllabic word, and sesquipedalian is a sesquipedalian word.

...from that of traditional thinkers, namely, "What or who am I ?" I will call the second formulation the autological question, so that we have in traditional thinking autology in place of anthropology.

Word Forms

• autologies

Synonyms for autology

Depending on context, synonyms include self-referentiality, self-reference.

Antonyms for autology

Common opposites include heterology.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include autoanalysis, auxology, autoctisis, ethicology, aspectology, aretology.

Related Dictionary Tools