HyperDic: monosemy

English > 1 sense of the word monosemy:
NOUNattributemonosemyhaving a single meaning / meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases
English > monosemy: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
MeaningHaving a single meaning / meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases.
Broaderclarity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, clearness, limpidityFree from obscurity and easy to understand
Oppositepolysemy, lexical ambiguityThe ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings
Catalanmonosèmia
Adjectivesmonosemoushaving only one meaning / meaning

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