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univocal

[ yoo-niv-uh-kuhl, yoo-nuh-voh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

univocal

/ ˌjuːnɪˈvəʊkəl /

1535–45; < Late Latin ūnivōc ( us ) ( ūni- uni- + -vōcus, adj. derivative of vōx, stem vōc-, voice ) + -al ¹

That in this case the word church or church form is certainly ambiguous and not univocal.

Names abused infer not the things signified by an univocal term.

While it is not univocal, it is at the same time not absolutely equivocal.

The question must be asked how such a close and univocal relationship is possible between things of such different nature.

But it was stated above that the word 'univocal' was applied to those things which had both name and definition in common.

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