autonym
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔːtənɪm/ (AW-tuh-nim)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔdn̩ɪm/ (AW-duhn-im)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑdn̩ɪm/ (AH-duhn-im)
“autonym”, in OED Online 
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Noun
autonym (plural autonyms)
- (taxonomy) An infraspecific name in which the specific epithet is repeated.
- Synonym: type variety
- (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.
- The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
- 1900, Mr. Barnwell, “Cataloging Roundtable”, in Library Journal, page 157:
- As a general principle, the heading of the main entry of the book should be in the form in which the book itself is published; that is, if it is published under an autonym let the autonym be given, if under a pseudonym, then let the pseudonym be given, and if the book be anonymous, then let the fact be stated.
- A work published under the author's true name.[1]
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
a name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language — see endonym
References
- "Autonym", OED 2nd ed.