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Polysemy

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used, in different contexts, to express two or more different meanings

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
lexical ambiguity
plural
Polysemies
possessive
Polysemy's
pluralpossessive
Polysemies'