Homonymophobia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The tendency of speakers of a language to choose a different word in order to avoid a homonym that threatens to cause confusion. uncountable

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:homonymophobia."

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"For quotations using this term, see Citations:homonymophobia."

Etymology

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

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