oligosemy
The quality or state of having a few meanings, as opposed to having a single meaning…The quality or state of having a few meanings, as opposed to having a single meaning or many meanings.
/ˈɒlɪɡəʊˌsiːmi/
Meaning
1 senses(especially, uncountable)The quality or state of having a few meanings, as opposed to having a single meaning or many meanings.
Origin
From oligo- (“few”) + -semy (the second element in monosemy and polysemy).From oligo- (“few”) + -semy (the second element in monosemy and polysemy).
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedoligosemic
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable