English-Finnish translations for autological

Definition of autological

• Of a phrase , possessing the property it describes

Examples

• The word polysyllabic is autological, but the word monosyllabic is not.
• Because the word short is in fact short, it is considered autological.
• The word noun is itself a noun, and is thus autological.

Related words

• tautological
• tautologic
• tautologically