Synonyms for Polysemy:
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n.
• ambiguity
- anagram
, - doubt
, - doubtfulness
, - dubiety
, - dubiousness
, - enigma
, - equivocation
, - incertitude
, - indefiniteness
, - obscurity
, - puzzle
, - tergiversation
, - unclearness
, - vagueness
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• lexical ambiguity
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What are the hypernyms for Polysemy?
A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
What are the opposite words for polysemy?
Polysemy refers to the phenomenon of a word having multiple meanings. Antonyms for the word polysemy do not exist because the opposite of multiple meanings would be a word having only one meaning. However, we can turn our attention to the concept of a word having only one meaning in order to find antonyms. One antonym for polysemy is monosemy, which refers to a word having only one meaning. Another antonym is univocity, which refers to the quality of having only one meaning that is clear or unequivocal. In contrast to polysemy, univocity implies a lack of ambiguity or confusion.
What are the antonyms for Polysemy?