Meanings
- uncountablehuman sciencesThe semantic relation between senses of a word such that one sense is holonymous to another.
Origin
By surface analysis, auto- + holonymy, or, by surface analysis, autoholonym + -y.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
autoholonymy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoholonymy
“autoholonymy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoholonymy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autoholonymy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoholonymy.
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