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autonymous

adjective
au·ton·y·mous | \ (ˈ)ȯ¦tänəməs \

Definition of autonymous 

: naming or designating itself —used of symbols and expressions

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History and Etymology for autonymous

aut- + -onymous (as in anonymous

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