Usually means: Word or name referring to itself.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word autonym:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. autonym: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. autonym: Collins English Dictionary
  3. autonym: Wordnik
  4. autonym: Wiktionary
  5. autonym: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. autonym: Dictionary.com
  7. Autonym (botany), Autonym: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. autonym: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  9. autonym: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. autonym: A Word A Day

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (autonym)

noun:  (taxonomy) An infraspecific name in which the specific epithet is repeated.
noun:  (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.
noun:  The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
noun:  A work published under the author's true name.

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