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Polysemy Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix poly-

Polysemy has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings

2

The property of a word, sign or symbol that can represent multiple similar meanings.

See Also
polysemic word polysemous homonymy multiple meronymy sign holonymy
Related Terms
Antonyms
monosemy
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
ambiguity
Rhyming Words
emy demy remy enemy chemy jeremy polemy academy frenemy ptolemy alchemy epidemy monosemy frienemy blasphemy oligosemy archenemy old enemy music demy arch enemy
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