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autochthony

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au·toch·tho·nous  (ô-tkth-ns) also au·toch·tho·nal (-th-nl) or au·toch·thon·ic (ôtk-thnk)
adj.
1. Originating where found; indigenous: autochthonous rocks; an autochthonous people; autochthonous folktales. See Synonyms at native.
2. Biology Originating or formed in the place where found: an autochthonous blood clot.
au·tochthon·ism, au·tochtho·ny n.
au·tochtho·nous·ly adv.
autochthonism, autochthony
the state of being aboriginal or native to a particular area. — autochthonous, adj.
See also: Origins
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Noun1.autochthony - nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place)
endemism, indigenousness
nativeness - the quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin


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15) The birth of this chiefdom based on migration and conquest needs to be perpetually legitimized, and this is accomplished through a performance that appropriates symbols of autochthony.
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As such, it not only transcends the rhetorical context of 1933, but also binds itself to the theme with much more longevity, the theme of autochthony that determines the conceptual shape of Heidegger's "private" National Socialism.
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Openness to otherness and radical particularity are fatally compromised by the rhetoric of autochthony surrounding Zionism.
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