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Meaning of "autochthony" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AUTOCHTHONY

autochthony  [ɔːˈtɒkθənɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AUTOCHTHONY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Autochthony is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AUTOCHTHONY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of autochthony in the English dictionary

The definition of autochthony in the dictionary is the state of being autochthonous; the fact of originating in the place where it is found.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AUTOCHTHONY


accompany
əˈkʌmpənɪ
Albany
ˈɔːlbənɪ
Anthony
ˈæntənɪ
Antony
ˈæntənɪ
astheny
ˈæsθənɪ
balcony
ˈbælkənɪ
Bethany
ˈbɛθənɪ
Brittany
ˈbrɪtənɪ
ceremony
ˈsɛrɪmənɪ
colony
ˈkɒlənɪ
company
ˈkʌmpənɪ
ebony
ˈɛbənɪ
felony
ˈfɛlənɪ
Germany
ˈdʒɜːmənɪ
harmony
ˈhɑːmənɪ
mahogany
məˈhɒɡənɪ
symphony
ˈsɪmfənɪ
testimony
ˈtɛstɪmənɪ
tiffany
ˈtɪfənɪ
Tuscany
ˈtʌskənɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AUTOCHTHONY

autocephalic
autocephalous
autocephaly
autochanger
autochthon
autochthonal
autochthonic
autochthonism
autochthonous
autochthonously
autocidal
autoclave
autocoid
autocoprophagy
autocorrelation
autocracies
autocracy
autocrat
autocratic
autocratical

WORDS THAT END LIKE AUTOCHTHONY

antiphony
aphony
autophony
cacophony
colophony
dodecaphony
euphony
heterophony
homophony
laryngophony
monophony
phony
photophony
polyphony
quadraphony
radiotelephony
stereophony
tautophony
telephony
wireless telephony

Synonyms and antonyms of autochthony in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «autochthony» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AUTOCHTHONY

Find out the translation of autochthony to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of autochthony from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «autochthony» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

土生土长
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

autoctonía
570 millions of speakers

English

autochthony
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

autochthony
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

autochthony
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

автохтонность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

autoctonia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

autochthony
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

autochtonie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Autochthony
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bodenständigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

土着性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

autochthony
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Autochthony
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

autochthony
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

autochthony
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वायत्तता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

autochthonyun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

autoctonia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

autochthony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

автохтонність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

autohtonia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

autochthony
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

autochthony
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

autochthony
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

autochthony
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of autochthony

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AUTOCHTHONY»

The term «autochthony» is used very little and occupies the 169.052 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AUTOCHTHONY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «autochthony» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «autochthony» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about autochthony

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AUTOCHTHONY»

Discover the use of autochthony in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to autochthony and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Perils of Belonging: Autochthony, Citizenship, and ...
In The Perils of Belonging, Peter Geschiere traces the concept of autochthony back to the classical period and incisively explores the idea in two very different contexts: Cameroon and the Netherlands.
Peter Geschiere, 2009
2
The Spanish American Regional Novel: Modernity and Autochthony
This study provides a radical re-examination of the regional novel, which played a central part in the development of Latin American fiction in the first half of the twentieth century.
Carlos J. Alonso, 1990
3
Politics of Origin in Africa: Autochthony, Citizenship and ...
In this revealing new book, Boas and Dunn explore the phenomenon of "autochthony" - literally meaning "son of the soil" - in African politics.
Morten Boas, Kevin C. Dunn, 2013
4
The Children of Athena: Athenian Ideas about Citizenship and ...
Autochthony: An. Athenian. Topic. MYTH HAS A ROLE to play in the polis, whether the city is confronting itself or other poleis. It is a key element in the ideological warfare that pits cities against one another, or it is a foundation for symbolic ...
Nicole Loraux, 1994
5
Imagining Illegitimacy in Classical Greek Literature
Autochthony is, of course, the corresponding opposite of colonization, for an autochthon has never come from somewhere else.231 But autochthony, too, has its fertility problems. As Nicole Loraux points out: "The list of children of the earth  ...
Mary Ebbott, 2003
6
Heidegger's Roots: Nietzsche, National Socialism, and the Greeks
package his Hebel-interpretation to fit diverse rhetorical circumstances.5 Through all of these varied discourses there will emerge a singular the- matics of rootedness and autochthony that will echo the discourse concerning Bodenstdndigkeit ...
Charles R. Bambach, 2005
7
A Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean
Athenian autochthony is known above all in the fifth and fourth centuries. The literary genres that provide the evidence for that period are not available in the same quantity for later years. Some later evidence does survive (see the text that  ...
Jeremy McInerney, 2014
8
Nothing to Do with Dionysos?: Athenian Drama in Its Social ...
of the city rather than with the destiny reserved for him by his father, Eteokles looks to autochthony as the positive myth of the city's political solidarity. But fratricide, the culminating act of Seven against Thebes finds its model not only through its ...
John J. Winkler, Froma I. Zeitlin, 1992
9
The General Elections in Kenya, 2007
THE ISSUE OF AUTOCHTHONY Whereas the language of autochthony5 tries to lock us in an essentialist vision of identity, it is inconceivable to grasp a phenomenon of this nature without considering it dynamically. The shaping of new ...
Jérôme Lafargue, 2009
10
Routledge Handbook of African Politics
Liisa Malkki's (1996) references to 'autochtonisation' as a central trait in the construction of a group history among Hutu refugees from Burundi similarly highlight the narrow link — albeit with a somewhat different tenor — between autochthony ...
David Anderson, Nicholas Cheeseman, Andrea Scheibler, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AUTOCHTHONY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term autochthony is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Armenian lies becoming pandemic
... Armenia's falsifications when it comes to its historiography, destroying the postulates of Armenians about their autochthony in the Caucasus. «AzerNews, Apr 15»
2
Opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta given official warning over …
“Only three developed nations — the Jewish, Chinese and Indian nations — can claim an autochthony (indigenous) culture. All the rest are ... «The Calvert Journal, Oct 14»
3
In Serbia, a Textbook Case of Identity Politics
“The discussion concerning Croatian and Bunjevac autochthony is still ongoing,” Njilas wrote, saying the Vojvodina administration “cannot and ... «Transitions Online, Sep 14»
4
ON THE WATER: What state's real beef with trout is
... what makes the trout row important to the wider collective and that is what makes nonsense of the idea that autochthony could determine the ... «BDlive, Aug 14»
5
Are conflicts over citizenship inevitable in Africa?
... conflicts over citizenship relating to land rights in certain parts of the country eventually led to a definition of citizenship based on autochthony ... «Washington Post, Jul 14»
6
The Akpabio Syndrome
When we talk of lack of autochthony and lack of organic evolution, we are saying that there is no organic relationship (analogous to parent-child ... «THISDAY Live, Jun 14»
7
The Fragmented Republic: Reflections on the 1972 Constitution of …
The republican moment also generally marks the establishment of constitutional autochthony. Autochthony is sought to be achieved through a ... «Groundviews, May 14»
8
Sassounian: Justice Dept Records Reveal Azerbaijan Pays Millions …
If we don't revisit the autochthony issue from time to time, posters like Kerim may one day convince some uninformed AW readers that ... «Armenian Weekly, Oct 13»
9
BOOK REVIEW: Are Trout South African?
To class trout as un-South African on its degree of autochthony, as the environment department does, is the same as apportioning or denying ... «BDlive, Sep 13»
10
MUSLIM ZION: Pakistan as a Political Idea
... Sikhs and Christians in Pakistan and Christians and Muslims in Israel, whose claims to autochthony stand as a challenge to both the Jewish ... «The Nation, Aug 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Autochthony [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/autochthony>. Apr 2024 ».
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