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heterophemy

heterophemy

n. the act of saying or writing a word or phrase other than the words intended. Often, the substitution conveys the opposite meaning to what the individual intended. Also called heterolalia; heterophasia; heterophemia. See also Freudian slip; slip of the tongue.

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