Meanings
- not comparablePublished under the author's autonym (true name): being an autonym.
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Books may be classed under four heads, namely (1) Autonymous — (2) Polyonymous — (3) Pseudonymous, and — (4) Anonymous. ¶ 1. Autonymous, the first and most common is with the author's name either on the title-page, or if not on the title-page, signed to a preface, introduction, letter, or dedication, or in some part of the book, or at the end. Speeches though usually anonymous with regard to the reporting or editing, are frequently catalogued under the name of the speaker as autonymous. ¶ 2. Polyonymous, is with several authors' names. […] ¶ 3. Pseudonymous, without the author's name, but with a fictitious name or designation, […] ¶ 4. Lastly an Anonymous book is one without the author's name […]
1880, Ralph Thomas, Aggravating Ladies: Being a List of Works Published Under the Pseudonym of "a Lady", with Preliminary Suggestions on the Art of Describing Books Bibliographically, B. Quaritch, page 14Synonyms: orthonymous · Antonyms: pseudonymous, anonymous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePublished under the author's autonym (true name): being an autonym.
Origin
By surface analysis, auto- + -nym + -ous
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian autonimo
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autonymous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autonymous
“autonymous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autonymous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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