monosemy
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monosemy — n. (Semantics) state of having one meaning (especially of individual words and phrases) … English contemporary dictionary
monosemy — [ mɒnə(ʊ)ˌsi:mi] noun Linguistics the property of having only one meaning. Derivatives monosemic adjective monosemous adjective Origin 1950s: from mono + Gk sēma sign + y3 … English new terms dictionary
monosemy — n. fact of having only one meaning. ♦ monosemous, a … Dictionary of difficult words
monosemy — noun having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases • Ant: ↑polysemy • Derivationally related forms: ↑monosemous • Hypernyms: ↑clarity, ↑lucidity, ↑lucidness, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
John Scottus Eriugena and Anselm of Canterbury — Stephen Gersh INTRODUCTION by John Marenbon John Scottus Eriugena came from Ireland, as his name indicates (‘Scottus’ meant ‘Irishman’ in the Latin of this period, and ‘Eriugena’, a neologism invented by John himself, is a flowery way of saying… … History of philosophy
monosemous — adjective having only one meaning • Similar to: ↑unambiguous • Derivationally related forms: ↑monosemy * * * monˈosemous adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑monosemy … Useful english dictionary
polysemy — noun The ability of words, signs and symbols to have multiple meanings. [...] polysemy, which is the greedy habit some words have of taking more than one meaning for themselves. , [ … Wiktionary
monosemic — adjective Of or pertaining to monosemy … Wiktionary
clearness — noun 1. free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑clarity, ↑lucidity, ↑lucidness, ↑pellucidity, ↑limpidity • Ant: ↑unclearness, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
lexical ambiguity — noun the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings • Syn: ↑polysemy • Ant: ↑monosemy (for: ↑polysemy) • Derivationally related forms: ↑polysem … Useful english dictionary
