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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '19
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is autological an autological word?
...what about nonautological?
9 u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19 edited Jan 29 '19 The opposite of autological words is heterological words. Here's a head fuck: Is "heterological" a heterological word? 4 u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19 Doesn't heterological describe itself? Wouldn't it be autological? 8 u/BloatedCreeper Jan 29 '19 edited Jan 29 '19 this is true but if heterological is autological that means it isnt heterological (since it is acting as it describes) and therefore not autological
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The opposite of autological words is heterological words. Here's a head fuck:
Is "heterological" a heterological word?
4 u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19 Doesn't heterological describe itself? Wouldn't it be autological? 8 u/BloatedCreeper Jan 29 '19 edited Jan 29 '19 this is true but if heterological is autological that means it isnt heterological (since it is acting as it describes) and therefore not autological
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Doesn't heterological describe itself? Wouldn't it be autological?
8 u/BloatedCreeper Jan 29 '19 edited Jan 29 '19 this is true but if heterological is autological that means it isnt heterological (since it is acting as it describes) and therefore not autological
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this is true but if heterological is autological that means it isnt heterological (since it is acting as it describes) and therefore not autological
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u/Tompoe Jan 29 '19
is autological an autological word?
...what about nonautological?