Monosemy (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("monosemy" is a kind of...):
clarity; clearness; limpidity; lucidity; lucidness; pellucidity (free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression)
Antonym:
polysemy (the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings)
Derivation:
monosemous (having only one meaning)