autological

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Marcus Singer. autological: Elliott Sober. (and Carolina Sartorio -- is this a borderline case?) heterological: Claudia Card. (slang -- and could be autological, depending on mood) sentence (imperative): Lester Hunt and Dennis Stampe. (borderline cases -- Haskell Fain and Alan Sidelle)

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  • Then there are the autological philosophers: Jack Smart, Kit Fine, Stephen White. —  fragments of consciousness
  • -- I mean these with love! fish: Ivan Soll. bird: Mike Byrd. occupation: Terry Penner. (archaic -- and that aspect is also autological!). —  fragments of consciousness
  • Marcus Singer. autological: Elliott Sober. (and Carolina Sartorio -- is this a borderline case?) heterological: Claudia Card. (slang -- and could be autological, depending on mood) sentence (imperative): Lester Hunt and Dennis Stampe. (borderline cases -- Haskell Fain and Alan Sidelle) —  fragments of consciousness
  • Addendum: Haskell Fain (archaic) is also autological. —  fragments of consciousness
  • n. - voluntary or automatic movement. autokinetic, adj. autological adj. - self-descriptive, or being a word that exemplifies what it means, e.g. "english" is english, "polysyllabic" is polysyllabic adj. - formed after its or one's own pattern. automorphism, —  xml's Blinklist.com
 

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