autohyponym

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ hypo- +‎ -nym

Noun

autohyponym (plural autohyponyms)

  1. A word that is a hyponym of itself, displaying vertical polysemy via a stricter sense that is entirely a subset of a broader sense.
Examples
  • cow (“any bovine”) or
    cow (“female bovine”)
  • smell (“omit any odor”) or
    smell (“omit bad odor”)
  • More: see Category:English autohyponyms
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