multivalent

Examples

• All

• Obviously, the issue of what these community museums really mean, or can achieve, is a complex one, with multivalent, or at least multiple, answers.

  Academic text (2006)

• The decadent planet, then, is a multivalent and contradictory place.

  Academic text (2016)

• Like the words "work" and "dress," yard communication is both multivalent and precise.

  Academic text (1993)

• The word was multivalent in meaning, like people's experiences of religious communities and practices.

  Academic text (2002)

• Religion, therefore, is a complex, multivalent phenomenon.

  Academic text (2006)

• In other words, symbols are multivalent but not infinitely so.

  Academic text (2002)

• In the Catholic imagination, purgatory is a multivalent place.

  Academic text (2008)

• Rather than a consensus-driven notion of culture, it is one whose meanings are plural and shift according to multivalent circumstances.

  Academic text (2006)

• The Norse snake manifests itself as an ambiguous or multivalent symbol.

  Academic text (2000)

• Art can be deeply multivalent, offering different interpretations based on personal experiences.

Synonyms

M

multifaceted

vsmultivalent

15 5.9

Having many different parts or sides

leans toward multiple meanings and appeals rather than merely aspects

M

many-faceted

vsmultivalent

1 5.8

Having many different parts or qualities

highlights interpretability or multiple meanings rather than only physical aspects

M

many-sided

vsmultivalent

1 4.1

Having many different parts or qualities

stresses varied interpretability and meanings more than general variety

P

polysemous

vsmultivalent

• Specialized

8.8

A word that has more than one meaning

applies more broadly to values, meanings, or appeals beyond just word senses

P

polysemantic

vsmultivalent

• Specialized

9.6

Having several different meanings

is broader, covering various values or interpretations beyond lexical meanings

M

multi-valued

vsmultivalent

6.8

Able to have more than one value or meaning

emphasizes interpretability across contexts rather than only numeric outcomes

M

multivocal

vsmultivalent

7.7

Having several different voices or points of view

focuses more on many values or appeals, not only multiple speakers or voices

M

multivalued

vsmultivalent

• Specialized

7.5

Having more than two possible values

focuses on meanings and appeals, not only numeric or logical value counts

How Many Meanings

multivalent

9.2

polysemous

• Specialized

8.8

ambiguous

68 6.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology