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Noun: monosemy  'mó-now,see-mee
  1. Having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases

Type of: clarity, clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity

Antonym: polysemy

Encyclopedia: Monosemy

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