Demonym vs Autonym - What's the difference?
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A name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place that is derived from the name of the place.
(obsolete) A pseudonym formed of an adjective.
(taxonomy) An infraspecific name in which the species epithet is repeated.
(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.
The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
A work published under the author's true name."Autonym", OED 2nd ed.
* 1900 , Mr. Barnwell, "Cataloging Roundtable", in Library Journal , page 157
Demonym is a related term of autonym.
As nouns the difference between demonym and autonym
is that demonym is a name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place that is derived from the name of the place while autonym is (taxonomy) an infraspecific name in which the species epithet is repeated.demonym
English
(wikipedia demonym)Noun
(en noun)- Why is it that people from the United States use American as ''their'' demonym ?
- The Logophile has my favourite demonym , I would write under it if he didn't.
Synonyms
* (l)See also
*autonym
English
(wikipedia autonym)Noun
(en noun)- Deutsche is the autonym of the people known in English as Germans .
- As a general principle, the heading of the main entry of the book should be in the form in which the book itself is published; that is, if it is published under an autonym' let the ' autonym be given, if under a pseudonym, then let the pseudonym be given, and if the book be anonymous, then let the fact be stated.