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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A description is "autological" if it describes itself. For example:

"Short" is a short word, so it is autological.
The phrase "excessively verbose, wordy, redundant, repetitious, repetitious, and prolix" also describes itself, so it too is autological.
"Written in English" is written in English, so it is autological.

A description is "heterological" if it does not describe itself. For example:

Now, is the word "heterological" itself heterological?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The following phrase is autological: "is currently being read by an idiot"