Associations to the word «Autonym»
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Wiktionary
AUTONYM, noun. (taxonomy) An infraspecific name in which the species epithet is repeated.
AUTONYM, 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.
AUTONYM, noun. The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
AUTONYM, noun. A work published under the author's true name.
Wise words
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words
were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only,
and not for things themselves.