Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
autonym .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word autonyms.
Examples
-
Each group has also adopted one or more foreign names as secondary autonyms.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
-
Though these names do not originate in the traditional languages of the groups to which they refer, they may be considered autonyms because the people of those groups use them to refer to themselves.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
-
Though these names do not originate in the traditional languages of the groups to which they refer, they may be considered autonyms because the people of those groups use them to refer to themselves.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
-
Each group has also adopted one or more foreign names as secondary autonyms.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
-
At first I called them autonyms, paranyms, and heteronyms, but as a quick consultation with the Shorter Oxford demonstrated that the originality of my terms was no greater than that of my discovery, I called them autoscrips, parascrips, and heteroscrips.
-
(or autonyms) are names that originate within the ethnic group to which they refer.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
-
(or autonyms) are names that originate within the ethnic group to which they refer.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.