autology

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The study of oneself. countable,literary,uncommon,uncountable
    — If only the discoverer of autology (self-knowledge) had said, "Let all drugs alone, even Detoxyl, eat simple, nutritious food, sleep and play and work in the open air, and don't worry — then acids and poisons will not accumulate in your system, you will have a high vitality and resisting power, disease and pestilence will pass you by.
  2. The property of a word or phrase which describes itself. countable,uncountable
    — The words multisyllabic and sesquipedalian display autology: multisyllabic is a multisyllabic word, and sesquipedalian is a sesquipedalian word.
  3. The ability of a concept to apply to itself. broadly,countable,uncountable
    — Within systems theory, autology provides the solution to this problem of self-reference. Through the concept of autology, systems theory can describe itself as a form of self-description describing itself.

词形变化

autologies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
autological autologous

词源

From auto- + -logy.
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