polysemy

pronunciation

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

Word Origin

polysemy (n.)
1900, from French polysémie (1897), from Medieval Latin polysemus, from Greek polysemos "of many senses," from poly- (see poly-) + sema "sign" (see semantic). Related: Polysemic.

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