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Definition of Heterological
1. Adjective. Not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin.
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Derivative terms: Heterology, Heterology, Heterology
Antonyms: Analogous, Homologous
Definition of Heterological
1. Adjective. (grammar) Of an adjective, not describing itself. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heterological
Literary usage of Heterological
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paradoxes of Free Will by Gunther Siegmund Stent (2002)
"So, is the word 'heterological' heterological? ... then it would be heterological.
Another self-referential paradox is Bertrand Russell's story about the ..."
2. Senescence, the Last Half of Life by Granville Stanley Hall (1922)
"... hormones due to transplantation of a heterological gland and that this is not
due to biochemical differences of 11 Geschlechtstrieb und echt sekundare ..."
3. The Principles of Latin Grammar: Comprising the Substance of the Most by Peter Bullions, Charles D'Urban Morris (1869)
"heterological Nouns. There are many nouns which are used with one meaning in the
singular, and another in the plural. Thus: Singular. ..."
4. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1922)
"... the heterological activity of the endocrines? This seems to be a very promising
field of research. 16. When cancer is present beyond a reasonable doubt, ..."
5. Surgical diseases of the chest by Carl Beck (1907)
"Enchondroma is a heterological type and is still mostly of a benign nature. FIG.
153.—KELOID FORMATION AFTER PARTIAL EXCISION OF ..."
6. Western Lancet: A Monthly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery (1855)
"In the eruptive and infective fevers we may presume the presence of a certain
catalytic substance heterological to the blood, and therefore affecting it ..."
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