heteronyms
- plural of heteronym.
Example Sentences
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These works were penned by Pessoa’s heteronyms, a term he came up with to describe the scores of distinct authorial entities he invented.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
Can I assume it was intended to demonstrate the difference between heteronyms and homonyms by placing it adjacent to John Ficarra’s hilarious essay?
From Washington Post • May 28, 2021
Situated in the final home of the bespectacled author, the site is a treasure trove of Pessoa’s early 20th-century works — most published posthumously — including poems written under three well-developed heteronyms.
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2018
And new heteronyms are still being exposed, like the recent discovery of Maria José, the only female voice – that of a 19-year-old, miserably ill hunchback – written into the chorus.
From The Guardian • Dec. 4, 2010
