Definition of "autological" []

• Of a phrase (especially an adjective), possessing the property it describes. (adjective)

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• "To each word there corresponds a concept, that the very word designates, and which applies to it or does not apply; in the first case, we call the word autological, else heterological."
• "PS sesquipedalian is my favourite autological word ."
• "Now the word ˜heterological™ itself is autological or heterological."