haplology
(hæˈplɒlədʒɪ)
[f. haplo- + -logy.]
The utterance of one letter, syllable, or word instead of two. Cf. haplography.
| 1895 M. Bloomfield in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. XVI. 411 The philosopher who coined symbolatry after idolatry (the latter είδωλολατρεία changed by haplology.) |