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homonymy

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Noun
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ho=mon=y=my

CIDE DICTIONARY

homonymyn. [Gr. : cf. F. homonymie.].
  •  Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations.  Holland.  [1913 Webster]
    "Homonymy may be as well in place as in persons."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Sameness of name or designation of things or persons which are different; ambiguity.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

homonymy

Equivocalness

N equivocalness, double meaning, ambiguity, double entente, double entendre, pun, paragram, calembour, quibble, equivoque, anagram, conundrum, play on words, word play, homonym, homonymy, amphiboly, amphibology, ambilogy, ambiloquy, Sphinx, Delphic oracle, equivocation, white lie, mental reservation, paltering, equivocal, ambiguous, amphibolous, homonymous, double-tongued, enigmatical, indeterminate, on the one hand, on the other hand.


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