Meanings
- not comparablephraseor especially an adjectivegrammarPossessing the property it describes.
The word noun is itself a noun, and is thus autological.
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The word polysyllabic is autological, but the word monosyllabic is not.
Because the word short is in fact short, it is considered autological.
Synonyms: homological
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePossessing the property it describes.
Origin
- Ancient Greekαὐτός“self”
- Germanautologisch
- Englishautological
From German autologisch, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”), by surface analysis, autology + -ical.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 自逻辑的, 自同的
- 自逻辑的of a phrase, describing itself
- 自同的of a phrase, describing itself
- 自体同源的of a phrase, describing itself
- 自描述的of a phrase, describing itself
French autologique
- autologiqueof a phrase, describing itself
German autologisch
- autologischof a phrase, describing itself
Hungarian autologikus, önleíró
- autologikusof a phrase, describing itself
- önleíróof a phrase, describing itself
Italian autologico
- autologicoof a phrase, describing itself
Polish autologiczny
- autologicznyof a phrase, describing itself
Portuguese autológico
- autológicoof a phrase, describing itself
Spanish autológico
- autológicoof a phrase, describing itself
Swedish autologisk
- autologiskof a phrase, describing itself
Cite this entry
autological. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autological
“autological.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autological. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autological,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autological.
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