Autohypernymy

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The semantic relation between senses of a word such that one sense is hypernymous to another. uncountable

Synonyms

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autohyperonymyautosuperordination

Etymology

By surface analysis, auto- + hypernymy, or, by surface analysis, autohypernym + -y.

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