polysemy

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Contents 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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[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

• Czech: polysémie f.
• French: polysémie
• Dutch: polysemie
• Russian: полисеми́я f.

[edit] See also

• homonymy