homonymophobia
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From homonym + -o- + -phobia. Compare German Homonymophobie and Dutch hononymievrees.
Noun
[edit]homonymophobia (uncountable)
- (linguistics) The tendency of speakers of a language to choose a different word in order to avoid a homonym that threatens to cause confusion.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:homonymophobia.