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autochthonous
[ aw-tok-thuh-nuhs ]
adjective
- Pathology.
- found in the part of the body in which it originates, as a cancerous lesion.
- found in a locality in which it originates, as an infectious disease.
- Psychology. of or relating to ideas that arise independently of the individual's own train of thought and seem instead to have some alien or external agency as their source.
- Geology. (of rocks, minerals, etc.) formed in the region where found. Compare allochthonous.
autochthonous
/ ˌɔːtɒkˈθɒnɪk; ɔːˈtɒkθənəs /
adjective
- See allochthonous(of rocks, deposits, etc) found where they and their constituents were formed Compare allochthonous
- inhabiting a place or region from earliest known times; aboriginal
- physiol (of some functions, such as heartbeat) originating within an organ rather than from external stimulation
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Derived Forms
- auˈtochthonism, noun
- auˈtochthonously, adverb
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Other Words From
- au·tochtho·nism au·tochtho·ny noun
- au·tochtho·nous·ly adverb
- au·tochtho·nous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of autochthonous1
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Example Sentences
If any of the autochthonous idlers asked him what he called himself, he replied shortly, "an engineer."
The Ukrainian race is as nearly autochthonous as any in central or eastern Europe.
Are not the speakers of Celtic languages the descendants of the autochthonous peoples of Western Europe?
It is not probable that the Eupatrid families were all autochthonous, even in the loose sense of that term.
This is so strange an utterance, that it could only have come from one who fancied himself autochthonous.
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