Logic problem (perhaps for the geeks)

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All adjectives in the English language are one of two types: autological adjectives and homological adjectives.

An autological adjective describes itself: for instance the word short is short, so it is autological. Similarly, polysyllabic is autological as is English.

Adjectives which are not autological are homological. Long is homological as is monosyllabic.

The problem: is the word homological itself autological or homological?

(Corollary: is the word autological itself autological or homological?)
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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LMAO. :wink:
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sorry, it didn't crop up in BA Hons Linguistics.
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FFS Mark, I thought you'd stopped doing meth at work?
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that was in his last job
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And why isn't Phonetic spelt fonetic?
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