autohypernym

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noun

A word that is a hypernym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a broader secondary sense whose denotation is a superset of what the stricter main sense denotes.

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Meanings

nounautohypernym (plural autohypernyms)

plural autohypernyms

  1. A word that is a hypernym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a broader secondary sense whose denotation is a superset of what the stricter main sense denotes.

Origin

From auto- + hypernym; by surface analysis, auto- + hyper- + -nym.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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