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autological

adjective /ˌɔː.təʊˈlɒ.dʒɪ.kəl/

  1. Possessing the property it describes.

    The word polysyllabic is autological, but the word monosyllabic is not.

Where it comes from

From German autologisch, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”), by surface analysis, autology + -ical.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry autological (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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