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View synonyms for multivocal

multivocal

[ muhl-tiv-uh-kuhl ]

adjective

  1. having many or different meanings of equal probability or validity:

    a multivocal word.



multivocal

/ ˌmʌltɪˈvəʊkəl /

adjective

  1. having many meanings
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of multivocal1

First recorded in 1800–10; multi- + vocal
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Word History and Origins

Origin of multivocal1

C19: from Latin multus many + vocare to call; on the model of equivocal
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Example Sentences

What I love most is the concentrated, multivocal assertion that Black women and gender nonconforming folks are so multifaceted that they are, in fact, infinite.

What I love most is the concentrated, multivocal assertion that Black women and gender nonconforming folks are so multifaceted that they are, in fact, infinite.

Then there’s the form, which attempts to expand the monologue into something more communal and multivocal.

The Whitney show promises a tough, complex, multivocal response to it.

The novel’s multivocal structure gives each narrator equal weight; the collective theme that no one can ever know what another person is thinking or experiencing comes at the price of never seeing the whole truth.

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