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Polysemy

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monosemynoun(semantics) The property of terms of having a single meaning; absence of ambiguity.

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plurisignificationnounThe 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.
heteronymynounThe 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.
polyonymositynounSynonym of polyonymy.
polyonymynounThe use of many names for the same thing or person.
polyonomynounAlternative form of polyonymy. [The use of many names for the same thing or person.]
homosemynounThe 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.
dimerismnounThe property of being dimerous.
polyvalencynounpolyvalence
polyvalencenoun(countable) The state of being polyvalent.
synonymnoun(semantics) A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.
equivocationnounThe use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.

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