autosemantic

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   of a word or phrase meaningful in isolation, independent of context

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Questions about autosemantic

What does autosemantic mean?

autosemantic means "of a word or phrase meaningful in isolation, independent of context".

How many syllables are in autosemantic?

autosemantic has 5 syllables and divides as au-to-se-man-tic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is autosemantic a common word?

autosemantic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.