autonym
About 0.00 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun An infraspecific name in which the specific epithet is repeated.
- noun A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups.
Deutsche is the autonym of the people known in English as Germans.
- noun The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
- noun A work published under the author's true name.
Similar words
infraspecific epithet trivial name specific epithet cheironym synonym epithet subspecific epithet onomatophore form phytonym
Often followed by
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