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Polysemy

noun
1.
The ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings.  Synonym: lexical ambiguity.






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Words linked to "Polysemy" :   polysemous, monosemy, ambiguity, equivocalness



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