NOUN | attribute | lexical ambiguity, polysemy | the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings |
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Meaning | The ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings. | |
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Synonym | polysemy | |
Broader | ambiguity, equivocalness | unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning / meaning |
Opposite | monosemy | Having a single meaning / meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases |
Spanish | polisemia | |
Catalan | polisèmia |
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