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单词 autological
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autologicaladj.

Brit. /ˌɔːtəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌɔdlˈɑdʒək(ə)l/, /ˌɑdlˈɑdʒək(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: auto- comb. form1, logical adj.
Etymology: < auto- comb. form1 + logical adj. In sense 1 after autology n. In sense 2 after German autologisch (K. Grelling & L. Nelson 1907, in Abhandlungen der Fries'schen Schule 2 307).
rare.
1. Of, relating to, or characterized by autology or self-knowledge.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > self-knowledge > [adjective]
self-known1596
self-knowing1601
autologicala1748
a1748 I. Watts in P. Doddridge Diary & Corr. (1829) II. iii. 480 I do not think so universal a contempt should be poured on the autological part of the old systems of Logic as some have done; human nature is ever ready to turn to extremes. I wish there were a good system of autology.
1905 E. R. Moras Autology 2 To write a preface here to the second edition of Autology would not be rational or autological.
2. Of a word, esp. an adjective: having or representing the property it denotes. Opposed to heterological adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > meaning > [adjective] > autological
autological1926
homological1940
1926 F. P. Ramsey in Proc. London Math. Soc. 25 358 Let us call adjectives whose meanings are predicates of them, like ‘short’, autological; others heterological.
1947 H. Reichenbach Elem. Symbolic Logic (1948) vi. 220 Let us comprise as autological all properties whose names have the property they denote.
1952 R. L. Wilder Introd. Found. Math. iii. 75 Is the adjective ‘heterological’ either autological or heterological?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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