autonym

  1. Noun.  (taxonomy) An infraspecific name in which the species epithet is repeated.
  2. Noun.  (linguistics, anthropology) A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups. For example, ''Deutsche'' is the autonym of a people known in English as ''Germans''.
  3. Noun.  The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.

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