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polysemy
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pol·y·se·mous  (pl-sms)
adj.
Having or characterized by many meanings: highly polysemous words such as play and table.
[From Late Latin polysmus, from Greek polusmos : polu-, poly- + sma, sign.]
poly·semy (pl-sm, p-ls-) n.
polysemy
a diversity of meanings for a given word.
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Noun1.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
monosemy - having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases


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