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polysemic

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From polyseme +‎ -ic.

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polysemic (comparative more polysemic, superlative most polysemic)

  1. (linguistics) Having a number of meanings, interpretations or understandings.
    Synonyms: polysemantic, polysemous
    Antonyms: monosemantic, monosemic, monosemous, univocal
    • 2007, Sean Brayton, “MTV's Jackass: Transgression, Abjection and the Economy of White Masculinity”, in Journal of Gender Studies, volume 16, page 58:
      As a series of polysemic and paradoxical sketches, Jackass does not lend itself to one particular theoretical analysis.

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