polysemy

Noun

pol=y=se=my

WORDNET DICTIONARY

polysemy(n = noun.attribute) lexical ambiguity - the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings; Array

is a kind of ambiguity, equivocalness

Antonym: monosemy

Derived form adjective polysemous₁

polysemy, n. Philol. the existence of many meanings (of a word etc.).

Derivative

polysemic adj. polysemous adj.

Etymology

POLY-(1) + Gk sema sign