autoholonym

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noun

A word that is a holonym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a broader subsense that denotes a whole comprising the part (portion) that the stricter main sense denotes.

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Meanings

nounautoholonym (plural autoholonyms)

plural autoholonyms

  1. A word that is a holonym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a broader subsense that denotes a whole comprising the part (portion) that the stricter main sense denotes.

Origin

From auto- + holonym; by surface analysis, auto- + holo- + -nym.

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APA

autoholonym. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoholonym

MLA

“autoholonym.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoholonym. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autoholonym,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoholonym.

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