autohyponymy

English

Etymology

From auto- +‎ hyponymy or autohyponym +‎ -y.

Noun

autohyponymy (uncountable)

  1. (semantics, linguistics) The quality or state of being an autohyponym; the semantic relation between senses of a word such that one sense is hyponymous to another.
    • 2013, Aleš Klégr, “The limits of polysemy: enantiosemy”, in Linguistica Pragensia, volume 23, number 2, Prague: Charles University, Faculty of Arts, pages 9–10:
      First of all he speaks of linear polysemy, i.e. relations of specialization (or generalization) between polysemic senses which include autohyponymy (dog: animal species, male of this species) and autosuperordination (i.e. autohyperonymy; man: human male, human race) […]
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