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From homonym + -o- + -phobia. Compare German Homonymophobie and Dutch hononymievrees.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The tendency of speakers of a language to choose a different word in order to avoid a homonym that threatens to cause confusion. Full definition →
From homonym + -o- + -phobia. Compare German Homonymophobie and Dutch hononymievrees.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.