polysemy (the ability of having multiple meanings)

polysemy

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Contents [show] 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Antonyms 1.1.2 Related terms 1.1.3 Translations 1.1.4 See also

[edit] English

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Polysemy

[edit] Noun

polysemy (uncountable)

1. (semantics) The ability of words, signs and symbols to have multiple meanings.
   

   [...] polysemy, which is the greedy habit some words have of taking more than one meaning for themselves. Erin McKean, speech at TED.

[edit] Antonyms

• monosemy

[edit] Related terms

• polysemic
• polyseme
• polysemous

[edit] Translations

[show ▼]ability to have multiple meanings

Chinese: Mandarin: 一詞多義 cmn(cmn), 一词多义 cmn(cmn) (yīcí duōyì) Czech: polysémie cs(cs) f. Dutch: polysemie nl(nl)		Finnish: polysemia fi(fi), monimerkityksisyys fi(fi) French: polysémie fr(fr) Italian: polisemia it(it) f. Russian: полисеми́я f.
		Add translation : More masc. fem. neuter common gender plural Transliteration: (e.g. ázbuka for азбука) Page name: (e.g. amo for amō) Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang) Script template: (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin) Nesting: (e.g. Norwegian/Nynorsk)

[edit] See also

• homonymy

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