autonym
nounUK /ˈɔːtənɪm/ · US /ˈɔdn̩ɪm/
Etymology From auto- (“self”) + -onym (“name”).
1
Biology, Natural sciences, Taxonomy An infraspecific name in which the specific epithet is repeated.
- Near-synonym: type variety
2
Anthropology, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences 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.
- Deutsche is the autonym of the people known in English as Germans.
3
The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
- 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.1900, Mr. Barnwell, “Cataloging Roundtable”, in Library Journal, page 157:
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A work published under the author's true name.
- Related terms
- autonymic, autonymically, autonymous, autonymously, autonymy, demonym, ethnonym, glossonym, autoglossonym