"disambiguity" meaning in English

See disambiguity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} disambiguity (uncountable)
  1. Lack of ambiguity; disambiguation. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-disambiguity-en-noun-XdpV-oDF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "The motivation in Slavic is thought partly to be a desire for disambiguity. That is to say, once the nominative and accusative endings have become identical, and due to the free word order of Slavic, a need was felt to differentiate between 'Jack sees Jill' and 'Jill sees Jack'.",
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