monosemanticadj.
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)sᵻˈmantɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmɑnəsəˈmæn(t)ɪk/ Linguistics.
Of a word or phrase: = monosemic adj.2; of or relating to such a word, etc.
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monosignative1940
monosignificant1940
monosemantemic1957
monosemantic1960
monosemic1969
monosemous1975
1960 K. M. Delavenay & E. Delavenay Introd. Machine Transl. vi. 97 The vocabulary is classified into monosemantic and polysemantic grammatical words.
1966 Eng. Stud. 47 56 Such case-forms are not strictly monosemantic, but can vary in their function according to the context.
1985 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 30 214 Perkins has adopted a monosemantic approach, i.e. an approach which distinguishes a basic meaning or core meaning.
1991 IRAL 29 167 The difficulties found in translating acronyms lie not so much..in obtaining a monosemantic value for their constitutive lexemes, as in deciding in each case whether an acronym is translated or not.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1960