autology

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The study of oneself.

   “The distinction between anthropology and autology is fundamental and one that separates the "modern" from the traditional. The central question of anthropology is. What is man ?; that of autology. Who am I ?”

2. isim The property of a word or phrase which describes itself.

   “The words multisyllabic and sesquipedalian display autology: multisyllabic is a multisyllabic word, and sesquipedalian is a sesquipedalian word.”

3. isim The ability of a concept to apply to itself.

   “Within systems theory, autology provides the solution to this problem of self-reference. Through the concept of autology, systems theory can describe itself as a form of self-description describing itself.”