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univocal

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u·niv·o·cal  (y-nv-kl)
adj.
Having only one meaning; unambiguous.
n.
A word or term having only one meaning.

[From Late Latin nivocus : Latin ni-, uni- + Latin vocre, to say; see wekw- in Indo-European roots.]

u·nivo·cal·ly adv.

univocal [ˌjuːnɪˈvəʊkəl]
adj
unambiguous or unmistakable
n
a word or term that has only one meaning
univocally  adv
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Adj.1.univocal - admitting of no doubt or misunderstandingunivocal - admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion; "unequivocal evidence"; "took an unequivocal position"; "an unequivocal success"; "an unequivocal promise"; "an unequivocal (or univocal) statement"
unambiguous - having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa


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Colonial conventions, religious and state power, univocal definitions of reality: all of these themes are reflected upon and transformed in Hassan's work.
While one could reasonably dispute (as the polemicists of the Catholic Reformation certainly did) whether Paul was entirely univocal on this issue, it is certainly clear that this is the reading of Paul that most influenced the mature Augustine when his disputes with Pelagianism forced him to fully articulate a theory of original sin.
38) Due to its totality, at moments, individuation may seem finite and univocal, yet it is necessary to pay attention, for it too is prone to translocation.
 
 
 
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