automeronym
automeronym · automeronyms
A word that is a meronym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a stricter…A word that is a meronym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a stricter subsense that denotes a part (portion) of what the broader main sense denotes.
Meaning
1 sensesA word that is a meronym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a stricter subsense that denotes a part (portion) of what the broader main sense denotes.
Origin
From auto- + meronym; by surface analysis, auto- + mero- + -nym.From auto- + meronym; by surface analysis, auto- + mero- + -nym.
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Forms
plural: automeronyms| Singular | automeronym |
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| Plural | automeronyms |
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