homonymophobia

English

Alternative forms

homonymphobia, homonymiphobia

Etymology

From homonym +‎ -o- +‎ -phobia. Compare German Homonymophobie and Dutch hononymievrees.

Noun

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.
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