单词	monosemy
释义	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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