univocal
Americanadjective
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- univocally adverb
Etymology
Origin of univocal
1535–45; < Late Latin ūnivōc ( us ) ( ūni- uni- + -vōcus, adj. derivative of vōx, stem vōc-, voice ) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Jacob Frank is a complicated character who escapes univocal judgment.
From Seattle Times
“We univocally see the future of Poland in the European Union.”
From Seattle Times
“The univocal narrative, the chronological installation, who’s telling the story, what histories are not being told.”
From Seattle Times
For even very familiar terms there is no univocal public meaning to find.
From Salon
The reason why populists and political newcomers are so willing to challenge basic democratic norms is in part tactical: whenever populists break such norms, they attract the univocal condemnation of the political establishment.
From The Guardian
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