Definition of polysemy Polysemy
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What does polysemy mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: polysemies |
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| polysemy - the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings | ||
| lexical ambiguity | ||
| equivocalness, ambiguity unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning | ||
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polysemy
Capacity, for a word, to have multiple meanings.
Part of speech
🔤- polysemy, noun, singular of polysemies.
