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univocacy

univocacy noun: the quality or state of being univocal.

Noun

univocacy (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being univocal.
    • The Aequivocall production of things under undiscerned principles makes a large part of generation, though they seem to hold a wide univocacy in their set and certain Originals, while almost every plant breeds its peculiar insect, most a Butterfly, moth or fly, wherein Oak seems to contain the...1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus
    • Hippolytus' wish for singleness and purity mirrors Phaedra's wish for uniivocacy of language.2006, Gary S. Meltzer, Euripides and the Poetics of Nostalgia, page 88

Questions about univocacy

What does univocacy mean?
Univocacy means the quality or state of being univocal.
What part of speech is univocacy?
Univocacy is a noun.

Words near univocacy in the dictionary

  1. universologists
  2. universology
  3. univesicular
  4. univied
  5. univocability
  6. univocacy
  7. univocal
  8. univocalic
  9. univocalics
  10. univocality
  11. univocalize

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