====== Autoject ======

(Namespace: [[plural glossary:start]])

^ Type of term | Possible type of [[headmate]] |
^ Synonyms or near-synonyms | None |
^ Antonyms or near-antonyms | [[Part]] |

An autoject is an [[introject]] whose [[source]] itself originates from or does not exist outside the [[system]]. [[Fictive]] autojects are introjects originating from a system's own creative works or even simply their own daydreams, whereas [[factive]] autojects, sometimes called "doubles," are introjects originating from other already-existing [[headmate|headmates]].

Factive autojects are an especially common byproduct of [[syscovery]]. Many systems, particularly [[adaptive]] systems, are highly covert and strive to keep even their own constituent headmates oblivious to their systemhood; as such, once headmates are aware of each other and thus begin to form internal impressions of each other, those internal impressions can take on lives of their own and function to cover their more "real" counterparts back up again.