multivocal
- adjective
- /ˌmʌltiˈvoʊkəl/
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multivocal
- 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.
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Moving beyond museum display, these multivocal responses to the Uprisings came alive at the thirtieth anniversary in June 2006.
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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.
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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
A word that has more than one meaning
Having several different meanings
Having many possible meanings for different people
Able to have more than one value or meaning
Several people speak or give different views
Involving conversation between people who have different views
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.