heteronym

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Thus the lines and philosophical essays he attributed to himself (many of them rather bad) also belong to a heteronym.

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  1. noun One of two or more words that have identical spellings but different meanings and pronunciations, such as row (a series of objects arranged in a line), pronounced (rō), and row (a fight), pronounced (rou).

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  • Thus the lines and philosophical essays he attributed to himself (many of them rather bad) also belong to a heteronym. —  Spurious
 

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  1. Back-formation from heteronymous.

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  1. = French hétéronyme, from Greek ἑτερώνυμος, having a different name, from ἑτερος, other, different, + ὄνυμα, ὅνομα, name.
 

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/ˈhɛtərənɪm/
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