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Answer for the clue "The ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings ", 8 letters:
polysemy

Word definitions for polysemy in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1900, from French polysémie (1897), from Medieval Latin polysemus , from Greek polysemos "of many senses," from poly- (see poly- ) + sema "sign" (see semantic ). Related: Polysemic .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Polysemy ( or ; from , poly- , "many" and , sêma , "sign") is the capacity for a sign (such as a word , phrase , or symbol ) to have multiple meanings (that is, multiple semes or sememes and thus multiple senses ), usually related by contiguity of meaning ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings [syn: lexical ambiguity ] [ant: monosemy ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context semantics English) The ability of words, signs and symbols to have multiple meanings.

Usage examples of polysemy.

It is only through such a dialogical reading that all the examined themes are able to reveal their essential polysemy and ambiguity.

Again, it is laughter which, among all his themes, expresses most sharply the very essence of human existence in its relativity, polysemy and ambiguity.

Through continual excursions into the semantic crossroads of each one of his words, Kundera reinvests the language with a little of its forgotten polysemy, relativity and laughter.

Europe and, through this, the denial of all polysemies, differences and variations.