polysemy

Polysemy is defined as having several meanings, or being open to several interpretations.

(noun)

An example of a polysemy is a poem with many interpretations.

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See polysemy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the phenomenon of having or being open to several or many meanings

Origin: ModL polysemia < LL polysemus, having many meanings < Gr polysēmos < poly-, poly- + sēma, a sign: see semantic

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