Selfnames

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  1. 1
    plural of selfname form-of, plural

    "Finding that referent inappropriate, American Arctic peoples initiated the use of their selfnames during the 1960s."

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"Finding that referent inappropriate, American Arctic peoples initiated the use of their selfnames during the 1960s."

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