polysemy (n)
lexical ambiguity (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 07
def the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings
Outgoing links
Hypernym ambiguity, equivocalness
Derivationally related form polysemy → polysemous
Antonym polysemy → monosemy
Incoming links
Derivationally related form polysemous → polysemy
Antonym monosemy → polysemy
Hyponym ambiguity, equivocalness

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