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AUTOSEMANTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does autosemantic mean?
• AUTOSEMANTIC (adjective)
The adjective AUTOSEMANTIC has 1 sense:
1. of a word or phrase meaningful in isolation, independent of context
Familiarity information: AUTOSEMANTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a word or phrase meaningful in isolation, independent of context
Similar:
categorematic (of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition)
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
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