colexification
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English
Etymology
By surface analysis, co- + lexi- + -ify + -ication.
Noun
colexification (countable and uncountable, plural colexifications)
- (linguistics) The linguistic pattern whereby multiple meanings can be expressed by the same word (or a pair of homonymous words).
- Antonyms: dislexification, differentiation
- Hyponyms: vagueness, polysemy, homonymy; (types of linear polysemy) autohyponymy, autohypernymy, autosuperordination, automeronymy, autoholonymy