polyphonies

/P AH0 L IH1 F AH0 N IY0 Z/

noun

1
Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).
2
The quality of a text of being capable of being read in more than one way.
“the polyphony of a biblical passage”

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