multivocal
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- adjective
- /ˌmʌltiˈvoʊkəl/
- The poem is multivocal, allowing readers to interpret its themes from different perspectives.
Examples
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Sofia and Mariana create a multivocal discourse that emphasizes the personal narrative of each.
Academic text (2018) -
These multivocal and shifting identities, then, shape and constrain the strategies that people pursue.
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As such, display objects tend to be highly symbolic, and their message is multivocal.
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Thus, the discourse of Louisiana French culture has become multivocal in recent years.
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Like all Benin art, royal portraiture is multivocal.
Academic text (1990) -
Moving beyond museum display, these multivocal responses to the Uprisings came alive at the thirtieth anniversary in June 2006.
Academic text (2007) -
Writing in this Americanist tradition is of necessity multivocal, reportorial, and reflexive.
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Through the danza and the fiesta, Teotitecos construct a dramatic and multivocal statement of hope, identity, and self-confidence.
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Moreover, Benin art is multivocal, and any depiction of the Iye Oba is a reference to Idia.
Academic text (1991) -
Other symbols associated with modern health care are what anthropologists call "multivocal," or having multiple and far-reaching meanings and influences (Helman 1992).
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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Involving conversation between people who have different views
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Having many possible meanings for different people
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Able to have more than one value or meaning
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Several people speak or give different views
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A word that has more than one meaning
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Having several different meanings
How Many Voices
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word multivocal comes from multi- meaning 'many' and vocal meaning 'voice', like the common word vocal which means 'speaking' or 'singing'. So, multivocal means something has many voices, meanings, or points of view.