automeronym

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounautomeronym (plural automeronyms)

plural automeronyms

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

Origin

From auto- + meronym; by surface analysis, auto- + mero- + -nym.

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Cite this entry
APA

automeronym. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/automeronym

MLA

“automeronym.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/automeronym. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “automeronym,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/automeronym.

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