equivocation
11equivocation — noun see equivocate …
12equivocation — /i kwiv euh kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the use of equivocal or ambiguous expressions, esp. in order to mislead or hedge; prevarication. 2. an equivocal, ambiguous expression; equivoque: The speech was marked by elaborate equivocations. 3. Logic. a… …
13equivocation — noun a) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression. b) The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading. See Also: amphiboly, evasion …
14equivocation — Synonyms and related words: ambiguity, ambivalence, amphibology, antinomy, apparent soundness, avoidance, avoiding reaction, bickering, boggling, captiousness, casuistry, caviling, chicane, chicanery, circularity, circumvention, coloring,… …
15equivocation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. equivocalness; quibble, quibbling; evasion, shiftiness; ambiguity, double meaning, double entendre; prevarication, white lie; half truth, sophistry, casuistry; dodge, subterfuge, smoke screen, red… …
16EQUIVOCATION — using a term with two meanings as if it had only one. In other words, the misleading use of language or ambiguity …
17equivocation — e·quiv·o·ca·tion || ɪ‚kwɪvÉ™ keɪʃn n. prevarication, used of ambiguity (especially with intent to deceive); expression having two or more possible meanings, ambiguous statement …
18equivocation — n. 1. Quibbling, prevarication, evasion, shuffling, paltering, ambiguity of speech. 2. Quibble, equivoque, double meaning …
19equivocation — n prevarication, evasion, quibble, dodge, elusion, avoidance; shuffling, shifting, hedging, beating around the bush; qualification, compromise, cop out; ambiguity, amphibology, vagueness, indefiniteness, indistinctness, indeterminateness;… …
20equivocation — equiv·o·ca·tion …
