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autochthonous
1. Native to the place inhabited; indigenous.
2. Originating in the place where found.
3. A reference to a disease originating in the part of the body where found, or of a disease acquired in the place where the patient is.
4. In psychology, of or pertaining to ideas that arise independently of the individual's own train of thought and seem instead to have some alien or external agency as their source.
2. Originating in the place where found.
3. A reference to a disease originating in the part of the body where found, or of a disease acquired in the place where the patient is.
4. In psychology, of or pertaining to ideas that arise independently of the individual's own train of thought and seem instead to have some alien or external agency as their source.
There's an enormous difference between Africa and the Caribbean due to the fact that the Caribbean has no autochthonous population.
All of its people are immigrants, either from the top of the society, the youngest sons, and so forth; or blacks who were brought there through the slave trade. The only autochthonous population, the Caribs, has completely disappeared.
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“autochthonous”
autochthonous coal
Coal or peat which is derived from decayed plant material and found at the site of its origin.
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auto-, aut-
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A delusion that is characteristic of schizophrenia, which appears without external cause or explanation, within the person's mind: "Since autochthonous seems to be convincing for the subject, he or she frequently believes that it has been implanted in his or her mind by a malevolent external agent."
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idea, ideas
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autochthonous sediment
A deposit of mineral or organic material formed in place by decomposition.
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auto-, aut-
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autochthonous stream
A stream which is flowing in its original channel or in the channel in which it originated.
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auto-, aut-
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