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Meaning of autohyponym | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A word that is a hyponym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a stricter subsense whose denotation is entirely a subset of a broader sense.

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

autohyponymy autoicon autoignition autoignition temperature autoimitation autoimmunity

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