Polysemy

Origin

polyseme + -y

Full definition of polysemy

Noun

1. (semantics) 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. Erin McKean, speech at TED.

Antonyms

• monosemy

Related terms

• polysemic
• polysemous