heterological
adjective
- adjective (grammar) Of a word, not describing itself. “The words ultrashort and onomatopoeia are heterological: ultrashort might be called short but is not an ultrashort word, and onomatopoeia is not an onomatopoeic word.”
- adjective (philosophy) Not true of itself.
- adjective (biology, of biomolecules, tissues, or body parts) Not of shared ancestral origin.
- adjective Supporting or attracted to otherness.
- adjective Having or supporting multiple interpretations.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “different”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”), by surface analysis, heterology + -ical.
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