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单词 monosemy
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monosemy

/ˈmɒnə(ʊ)ˌsiːmi /
noun [mass noun] Linguistics
The property of having only one meaning.These concern the distinction between polysemy and homonymy, and between polysemy and monosemy.

Derivatives

monosemic

/mɒnə(ʊ)ˈsiːmɪk / adjective

monosemous

adjective ...
  • It might be unclear, in any given case, whether a word should be regarded as polysemous or monosemous.
  • Fortunately, about half of abbreviations (5772 in the supplemental abbreviation file) seem to be monosemous.

Origin

1950s: from mono- 'one' + Greek sēma 'sign' + -y3.

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