monosemy

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monosemy

/ˈmɒ.nə(ʊ)ˌsiː.mi/ UK

noun

uncountable The property of terms of having a single meaning; absence of ambiguity.
literary, uncountable Singularity.

Opposite: polysemy

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noun

Opposite: polysemy

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noun property of terms of having single meaning

Español	monosemia
中文	單義性 /单义性 dānyìxìng
Kiswahili	monosemia
Français	monosémie
Deutsch	Eindeutigkeit, Monosemie
Русский	моносеми́я monosemíja, однозна́чность odnoznáčnostʹ

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@misc{monosemy_2026,
  title = {monosemy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monosemy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}