Dictionary

heterology en · NOUN

Etymology

From hetero- + -logy.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A lack of correspondence between biomolecules or body parts (e.g., proteins, tissues, bones, limbs) that reflects a difference in origin.
2. (countable, uncountable) The property of a word or phrase that does not describe itself.
   • The words ultrashort and onomatopoeia display heterology: ultrashort might be called short but is not an ultrashort word, and onomatopoeia is not an onomatopoeic word.

Forms

Antonyms

homology · autology

Coordinates

analogy · convergence · semihomology

Deriveds

microheterology · heterologous