autonym

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From auto- (self) +‎ -onym (name).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔːtənɪm/ (AW-tuh-nim)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔdn̩ɪm/ (AW-duhn-im)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑdn̩ɪm/ (AH-duhn-im)

autonym”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Noun

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autonym (plural autonyms)

  1. (taxonomy) An infraspecific name in which the specific epithet is repeated.
    Synonym: type variety
  2. (linguistics, anthropology) 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.
    Synonyms: endonym, selfname
    Antonyms: exonym, xenonym
    Deutsche is the autonym of the people known in English as Germans.
  3. The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
    Antonyms: pseudonym, alias, pen name
    • 1900, Mr. Barnwell, “Cataloging Roundtable”, in Library Journal, page 157:
      As a general principle, the heading of the main entry of the book should be in the form in which the book itself is published; that is, if it is published under an autonym let the autonym be given, if under a pseudonym, then let the pseudonym be given, and if the book be anonymous, then let the fact be stated.
  4. A work published under the author's true name.[1]

Derived terms

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Translations

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References

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  1. ^ "Autonym", OED 2nd ed.

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [aʊ̯toˈnyːm]
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Adjective

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autonym (strong nominative masculine singular autonymer, not comparable)

  1. autonymous

Declension

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