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noununclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
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nounan expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its contexttype of:
Definition that contains ambiguity
- clear make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- straightforward free from ambiguity
- enlighten make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- illuminate make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- loophole an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation
- elucidate make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- crystallize make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- pseudohermaphrodite someone having external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex; not a true hermaphrodite because there is no ambiguity in the sex of the external genitalia and hence no question about gender at birth
- monosemy having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases
- polysemy the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings