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Meaning of homophony in English:

homophony

Pronunciation /həˈmɒf(ə)ni/

noun

See homophonous

‘By setting one voice against three, Byrd masterfully harnesses the emphatic qualities of both polyphony and homophony: the text repetition of the former and the clarity and unity of the latter.’
  • ‘Note that I'm not denying that languages can and do differ in their relative amounts of homophony, word-sense ambiguity and lexical category ambiguity.’
  • ‘Being raised in a Lutheran tradition, my vocal writing is largely chorale style homophony contrasting with traditional contrapuntal textures.’
  • ‘This piece juxtaposes the calm homophony of the choir with a more mobile organ part.’
  • ‘Homophony is a ubiquitous phenomenon across languages.’