Noun: polysemy 'pó-lee,see-mee or pu'li-su-mee
- The ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings
"The polysemy of 'bank' can refer to a financial institution or the edge of a river";
- lexical ambiguity
Derived forms: polysemies
Type of: ambiguity, equivocalness
Encyclopedia: Polysemy