heterophemy

Heterophemy

Het`er*oph"e*my\, n. [Hetero- + Gr. ? voice, speech, fr. ? to speak.] The unconscious saying, in speech or in writing, of that which one does not intend to say; -- frequently the very reverse of the thought which is present to consciousness. --R. G. White.
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