univocal
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8.8
- adjective
- /juːˈnɪvəkəl/
- Formal
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unívoco
- But because common opinion is often wrong and never univocal, dialectic cannot claim definitional certainty for its results, only probability or verisimilitude.
- univocal truth
- univocal meaning
- univocal structure
In so far as we consider them as animals, animal is a univocal term.
- In so far as we consider them as animals, animal is a univocal term.
Examples
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Now, is the term animal being used in a univocal sense?
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Indeed, there is no univocal self-representation within the French Belgian community.
Academic text (1999) -
Both animals have to read the natural signs they see, and their interpretation is direct and univocal.
Academic text (2003) -
And people typically use the word capitalism, I think, as if it's a univocal concept and I don't know it.
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But scholars have unwaveringly defied such univocal conceptions of the U.S. museum.
Academic text (2009) -
Freud presents his discourse of a unified, univocal discourse of "male" sexual difference.
Academic text (1990) -
In the absence of other iconographic sources for comparison, Hauck consistently reads a univocal narrative into the amulets, relying on a process of inference.
Academic text (1999) -
The politician made a univocal statement that everyone understood clearly.
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Her instructions were univocal, leaving no room for confusion about what to do next.
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In mathematics, the terms used are often univocal, ensuring precise communication.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Easy to understand and not confusing
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3.7
Something that is easy to understand and clear
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2.5
Very easy to understand or hear
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4.2
Easy to see and understand
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6.7
Completely clear and leaving no doubt
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5.9
Clear and having only one meaning
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6.4
Clear and easy to understand, especially in writing or speech
A word that has only one meaning
Shows something clearly and firmly so people have no doubt
Clear and easy to understand speech or writing
Antonyms
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word univocal comes from uni- ('one') and vocal ('voice'), so it is like having 'one voice'. That's why univocal describes something that has only one clear meaning.