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autochthony|ɔːˈtɒkθənɪ| [f. autochthon + -y.] Autochthonous condition; aboriginal occupation.
1846Grote Greece i. vi. I. 146 The fancy of one or a few great families branching out widely..was more popular..than that of a distinct autochthony in each of the separate districts. 1879De Quatrefages' Hum. Spec. 179 The partisans of the autochthony of nations. ¶ erron. for autoctony ‘suicide.’
1652Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 243 By taking away the sword, hindred the desperate project of that autochthony. |