Its symbolism in regard to martyrdom has been explained variously but not definitively.

These are variously explained as examples of charlatanism, fiction, pseudo-scientific error, or missed metaphor.

The terms protagonist and main character are variously explained and, depending on the source, may denote different concepts.

The agencies and laws of the process are variously explained by different philosophrs.

Drag is variously explained as destruction of the male within or the female without.

The inability of this writer, whom Mary McCarthy called "intelligent" and "uneducated," to advance can be variously explained.

The fifty gates of Binah have been variously explained.

The change in the man's character was much commented on in the island, and variously explained by opium and Christianity.

The symbolism of this custom has been variously explained.

The name Iðunn has been variously explained as meaning "ever young", "rejuvenator", or "the rejuvenating one".