Autonym Definition
ôtə-nĭm
noun
A name by which a people or social group refers to itself.
American Heritage
(taxonomy) An infraspecific name in which the species epithet is repeated.
Wiktionary
(linguistics, anthropology) A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups.
Deutsche is the autonym of the people known in English as Germans.
Wiktionary
The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Autonym
Noun
Singular:
autonym
Plural:
autonymsOrigin of Autonym
auto- "self" + -onym "name"
From Wiktionary
aut(o)– –onym
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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