autosemantic
/ˌɔːtoʊsɪˈmæntɪk/
adjective
- Relating to a word or phrase whose meaning is directly understandable from its parts, without needing outside context.
- The word 'bookshelf' is autosemantic because you can guess its meaning from 'book' and 'shelf'.
- Teachers encourage students to look for autosemantic clues when learning new vocabulary.
- In linguistics class, we learned that most compound nouns are autosemantic.
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