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Pos: Noun
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun polysemy has 1 senses

   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


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

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

Derivative:
polysemic adj. polysemous adj.

Etymology:
POLY-(1) + Gk sema sign