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autochthonism

noun
au·​toch·​tho·​nism | \ -thəˌnizÉ™m\
plural -s

Definition of autochthonism

1 : origin from the soil
2 : the state of being aboriginal : the state of being native to a region

First Known Use of autochthonism

1828, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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