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homophonics en · NOUN

Etymology

From homophony + -ics.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Synonym of homophone.
    • The principle of parsimony, I suggest, creates a residual category of homophonics, or chance convergences of two or more interpretations to a single phonetic string. 1979, John Holmes McDowell, Children's riddling, page 90:
    • Mr. Waite based his method upon a study of homophonics, i. e., the words that have a like sound and a like meaning in different languages. 1903, The Open Court, volume 17, page 766:
    • Perfectly suited to monosyllabic languages like Sumerian, this principle allows a picture of something to express a syllable in spoken language, taking advantage of homophonics. 2004, Steven Roger Fischer, History of Writing:
  2. (uncountable) Homophonic composition
    • [...] in truth, Gluck was never interested in counterpoint he always thought in terms of homophonics (chordal relationships). 2009, Burton D. Fischer, Gluck's Orfeo Ed Euridice:

Synonyms

homophone