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Definition of Autonym
1. Noun. (taxonomy) An infraspecific name in which the species epithet is repeated. ¹
2. Noun. (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. For example, ''Deutsche'' is the autonym of a people known in English as ''Germans''. ¹
3. Noun. The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Autonym
1. a name by which a people refers to itself [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Autonym
Literary usage of Autonym
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Good Reading about Many Books Mostly by Their Authors (1895)
"THE autonym Library aims at including the work of authors who for various reasons
are unable to hide their light in pseudonymous shade. ..."
2. Literary News by L. Pylodet, Augusta Harriet (Garrigue) Leypoldt (1894)
"THE autonym LIBRARY. Issued in co-operation wilh Mr. Unwin, of London. ...
The l autonym ' Library opens well with Mr. Crawford's weird story of the ' Upper ..."
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