↔️ Antonyms of "Polysemy"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| monosemynoun | (semantics) The property of terms of having a single meaning; absence of ambiguity. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Polysemy"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| plurisignificationnoun | The property of having multiple meanings. |
| enantiosemynoun | (semantics) A type of polysemy in which a word or other seme can be read as two opposing senses. |
| heteronymynoun | The condition of being heteronyms; the relationship between two words with different meanings and either the same spelling or the same pronunciation but not both. |
| homonymynoun | (semantics) The property of being a homonym. |
| polyonymositynoun | Synonym of polyonymy. |
| polyonymynoun | The use of many names for the same thing or person. |
| polyonomynoun | Alternative form of polyonymy. [The use of many names for the same thing or person.] |
| homosemynoun | The state or quality (of a word, term, phrase, or clause) of having identical meaning to another. |
| synonymynoun | (semantics) A certain degree of similarity between the meaning(s) of several (synonymous) words or phrases. (See Usage notes below.) |
| colexificationnoun | (linguistics) The linguistic pattern whereby multiple meanings can be expressed by the same word (or a pair of homonymous words). |
| multiplismnoun | (philosophy) The philosophical strategy that asserts the validity of multiple differing interpretations. |
| hypersynonymynoun | (linguistics) The existence of a very large number of synonyms for a single concept. |
| synonymianoun | (rhetoric) The use of two or more synonyms together to amplify or explain a given subject or term. A kind of repetition that adds force. |
| autohyponymynoun | (semantics, linguistics) The quality or state of being an autohyponym; the semantic relation between a sense of a term (word) with another sense of the same term. |
| monosemenoun | (semantics) A monosemous term; a term with one meaning. |
| dimerismnoun | The property of being dimerous. |
| polyvalencynoun | polyvalence |
| polyvalencenoun | (countable) The state of being polyvalent. |
| synonymnoun | (semantics) A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others. |
| equivocationnoun | The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading. |
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