autologyn.
/ɔːˈtɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ɔˈtɑlədʒi/, /ɑˈtɑlədʒi/ Now rare.
Self-knowledge; study of oneself.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychological study of oneself > [noun]
autology1633
auto-psychology1874
introspective psychology1878
autoanalysis1893
introspectionism1922
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > self-knowledge > [noun]
innerwit1495
self-knowledge1537
self-feeling1590
self-knowing1628
autology1633
self-perception1666
self-recognition1777
self-awareness1876
autognosis1888
self-orientation1895
1633 D. Featley in P. Fletcher Purple Island To Rdrs. sig. ¶4 He that would learn Theologie, must first studie Autologie. The way to God is by our selves.
1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. viii. 15 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) The Physitian must needs be a learned man, for he knows himself inward and outward, [b]eing well vers'd in Autology.
1804 Universal Mag. 1 390/1 The autology of the squired editor... All this [acclaim]..confessedly and unblushingly written by an author upon his own productions!
1873 D. Hamilton Autology 3 This system..is called Autology because it is man's own knowing of himself.
1911 E. R. Moras (title) Autology, (study thyself) and autopathy, (cure thyself).
1938 S. Beckett Murphy ix. 189 The vicarious autology that he had been enjoying since morning, in little Mr. Endon and all the other proxies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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