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heteronyms

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for heteronyms.

Editorial note

Not because of being heteronyms, but because of the philosophies of life that they taught, and how they differed.

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Quick take

(linguistics) A word having the same spelling as another but a different meaning, and, often, a different pronunciation.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of heteronyms gathered in one view.

noun

(linguistics) A word having the same spelling as another but a different meaning, and, often, a different pronunciation.

noun

(literature) A fictitious character created by an author for the purpose of writing in a different style.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for heteronyms.

noun

(linguistics) A word having the same spelling as another but a different meaning, and, often, a different pronunciation.

noun

(literature) A fictitious character created by an author for the purpose of writing in a different style.

Example sentences

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Not because of being heteronyms, but because of the philosophies of life that they taught, and how they differed.

2

The most outrageous for me are still the heteronyms like lead the verb and lead the metal.

3

We have words with the same spelling but different meanings and pronunciations all the time - so called Heteronyms [2].

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His creativity could not be captured simply via one identity so he created heteronyms, and their style is quite different.

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I'd think most words could be rewritten with a lookup table, except for a short list of heteronyms.

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RDJ used/s pseudonyms to suit an artistic purpose not unlike what Fernando Pessoa did with his heteronyms in literature a century ago.

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I've always thought of heteronyms as one of the most stand-out features of English that exemplify its confusing inconsistency.

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To be fair, discerning heteronyms might just be a gap in its training.

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Some classes of heteronyms don't even exist in certain languages so a similar thing to The Chaos doesn't work as well there either.

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He did not call them pseudonyms because he felt that they did not capture their true independent intellectual life and instead called them heteronyms.

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Would this work for Fernando Pessoa and all his heteronyms?

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As a teenager, his heteronyms shaped my life.

Quote examples

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Fernando Pessoa's most creative (and internationalizable) work is, by far, his heteronyms, but his most notable work is "The message"[0], a short poetry book that took decades to complete.

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It's impressive but it's a shame that it's 2026 and despite remarkably lifelike speech, so many models fall on common issues like heteronyms ("the couple had a row because they couldn't agree where to row their boat"), realistic number handling and so on.

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Some of Pessoa’s fictitious writers were mere sketches, some wrote in English and French, but his three main poetic heteronyms—Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis, Álvaro de Campos—wrote only in Portuguese, and each produced a very solid body of work." The first is not only depersonalization, but someone who has come to grips and comfort with his symptoms of depersonalization.

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While their writings are not mine, they do also happen to be mine.” "...heteronyms, a term he eventually chose over pseudonym because it more accurately described their stylistic and intellectual independence from him, their creator, and from each other—for he gave them all complex biographies and they all had their own distinctive styles and philosophies.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use heteronyms in a sentence?

Not because of being heteronyms, but because of the philosophies of life that they taught, and how they differed.

What does heteronyms mean?

(linguistics) A word having the same spelling as another but a different meaning, and, often, a different pronunciation.

What part of speech is heteronyms?

heteronyms is commonly used as noun.