polysemic
adjUK /pəˈlɪs.ɪ.mɪk/ · US /pɒ.lɪˈsiː.mɪk/
Etymology From polyseme + -ic.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Having a number of senses (meanings) or understandings.
- As a series of polysemic and paradoxical sketches, Jackass does not lend itself to one particular theoretical analysis.2007, Sean Brayton, “MTV's Jackass: Transgression, Abjection and the Economy of White Masculinity”, in Journal of Gender Studies, volume 16, page 58:
- Derived terms
- polysemically
- Related terms
- oligosemic, polyseme, polysemy, homonymous