autological

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English

WOTD – 27 January 2008

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Autological word

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German autologisch, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

autological (not comparable)

(grammar) Of a phrase (especially an adjective), possessing the property it describes.
The word polysyllabic is autological, but the word monosyllabic is not.

Because the word short is in fact short, it is considered autological.

The word noun is itself a noun, and is thus autological.

Synonyms

homological

Antonyms

heterological

Hypernyms

self-referential

Derived terms

Related terms

autology

Translations

of a phrase, describing itself

Chinese:
Mandarin: 自逻辑的, 自同的, 自体同源的, 自描述的
French: autologique (fr)
German: autologisch
Hungarian: autologikus
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Italian: autologico (it)
Polish: autologiczny m
Portuguese: autológico (pt)
Spanish: autológico m
Swedish: autologisk (sv)

See also

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