heteronymy

Meanings

Plural: heteronymies

Noun

• The condition of being heteronyms; the relationship between two words with different meanings and either the same spelling or the same pronunciation but not both.
• The unrelatedness of words for items that are related by being members of a single category.
• Dissimilarity of people in a single group.
• The use of multiple names for a single person or thing; polyonymy
• A single word or symbol that can have different but related meanings.
• Resulting from the actions of multiple or external causal agents.