Meaning & use
univocity
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The quality of having a single, unambiguous meaning; in philosophy, the idea that a term applies in exactly the same sense across different contexts.
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Duns Scotus argued for the univocity of being, meaning existence is predicated in the same sense of God and creatures.
The lawyer pushed for univocity in the contract's language to avoid multiple interpretations.
A note on using this word
A key term in medieval and continental philosophy, contrasted with 'equivocity,' where a word carries different senses in different contexts.
Words with a similar meaning
unambiguousness
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Words with an opposite meaning
equivocityambiguity
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