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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: What word describes the quality of being open to many different interpretations? Marjorie #174894 03/20/08 02:02 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland In German, I would use the term "vieldeutig". On-line dictionaries yield "ambiguous" as the only translation of this German word. But I agree that this is not satisfactory for your case. "Ambiguous" has a negative value aspect, while you seem to look for a neutral term. Possibly there is none because, in the end, is there anything which is not open to different interpretations? The closest match that occurs to me is "multifaceted". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted What word describes the quality of being open to many different interpretations? Marjorie 03/11/08 12:32 PM Re: What word describes the quality of being open to many different interpretations? AnnaStrophic 03/11/08 12:41 PM Re: What word describes the quality of being open to many different interpretations? BranShea 03/11/08 01:00 PM Re: variable hermeneutics zmjezhd 03/11/08 02:38 PM Re: variable hermeneutics BranShea 03/11/08 03:52 PM Re: variable hermeneutics Hydra 03/11/08 04:03 PM Re: variable hermeneutics Myridon 03/11/08 04:13 PM Re: variable hermeneutics Jackie 03/12/08 01:57 AM Re: What word describes the quality of being open to many different interpretations? The Pook 03/12/08 05:55 AM Re: What word describes the quality of being open to many different interpretations? tsuwm 03/12/08 06:20 AM Re: What word describes the quality of being open to many different interpretations? Hydra 03/12/08 01:41 PM Re: What word describes the quality of being open to many different interpretations? wsieber 03/20/08 02:02 PM Re: What word describes the quality of being open to many different interpretations? zmjezhd 03/21/08 12:25 AM Re: What word describes the quality of being open to many different interpretations? wsieber 03/22/08 04:49 PM Re: What word describes the quality of being open to many different interpretations? BranShea 03/22/08 07:47 PM Re: What word describes the quality of being open to many different interpretations? The Pook 03/21/08 12:38 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,127 Members9,198 Most Online4,270 Aug 30th, 2025 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 2,546 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 21 A C Bowden 14 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,032 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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