Autonym
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Autonym may refer to
  • Autonym, the name used by a people to refer to themselves or their language, synonymous with endonym
  • Autonym, the true name of an author disclosed by resolving a pseudonym
    Pseudonym
    A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...

  • Autonym (botany)
    Autonym (botany)
    In botanical nomenclature, autonyms are automatically created names, as regulated by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature . Autonyms are cited without an author. Relevant provisions are in articles 6.8, 22.1-3 and 26.1-3....

    , an automatically created infrageneric or infraspecific name
  • Autological word
    Autological word
    An autological wordis a word expressing a property which it also possesses itself...

    which describes itself
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