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Equivocation

Equivocation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Equivocation? [n] falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language [n] intentionally vague or ambiguous [n] a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth Synonyms \| Synonyms for Equivocation: evasion \| evasiveness \| prevarication \| tergiversation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Equivocation: ambiguity \| ambivalence \| amphibology \| antinomy \| apparent soundness \| avoidance \| avoiding reaction \| bickering \| boggling \| captiousness \| casuistry \| caviling \| chicane \| chicanery \| circularity \| circumvention \| coloring \| confabulation \| counterword \| defense mechanism \| disingenuousness \| distortion \| dodge \| dodging \| double \| double entendre \| duck \| elusion \| elusiveness \| equivocal \| equivocality \| equivocalness \| equivoque \| escape \| evasion \| evasive action \| evasive reasoning \| evasiveness \| exaggeration \| fallaciousness \| fallacy \| false coloring \| false swearing \| falsification \| falsifying \| fencing \| fluctuation \| forbearance \| forestalling \| forestallment \| getting around \| hairsplitting \| hedging \| insincerity \| irony \| jesuitism \| jesuitry \| jink \| logic-chopping \| lying \| misapplication \| miscoloring \| misconstruction \| misrepresentation \| misstatement \| mystification \| neutrality \| nit-picking \| nonintervention \| noninvolvement \| obfuscation \| obscurantism \| oscillation \| oversubtlety \| oxymoron \| paltering \| paradox \| parrying \| pendulation \| perjury \| perversion \| pettifoggery \| philosophism \| plausibility \| plausibleness \| polysemant \| portmanteau word \| prevarication \| prevention \| pun \| pussyfooting \| quibbling \| rationalization \| refraining \| self-contradiction \| shifting \| shilly-shally \| shilly-shallying \| shuffle \| shuffling \| shunning \| shunting off \| shy \| sidestep \| sidestepping \| sidetracking \| slip \| sophism \| sophistical reasoning \| sophistication \| sophistry \| special pleading \| speciosity \| specious reasoning \| speciousness \| squinting construction \| straining \| subterfuge \| subtlety \| suppressio veri \| tergiversation \| the runaround \| trichoschistism \| vacillation \| vicious circle \| vicious reasoning \| wavering \| weasel word \| weasel words \| wobbling \| zigzag See Also \| ambiguity \| circumlocution \| deceit \| deception \| doublespeak \| equivocalness \| falsification \| hedge \| hedging \| indirect expression \| misrepresentaation \| misrepresentation \| quibble \| quiddity \| untruthfulness Equivocation In Webster's Dictionary \Equiv`oca"tion\, n. The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead. There being no room for equivocations, there is no need of distinctions. --Locke. Syn: Prevarication; ambiguity; shuffling; evasion; guibbling. See {Equivocal}, a., and {Prevaricate}, v. i.

Equivocation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Equivocation?

[n] falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
[n] intentionally vague or ambiguous
[n] a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

Synonyms | Synonyms for Equivocation: evasion | evasiveness | prevarication | tergiversation

Equivocation In Webster's Dictionary

\E*quiv`o*ca"tion\, n.
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification,
with a purpose to mislead.

      There being no room for equivocations, there is no need
      of distinctions.                         --Locke.

Syn: Prevarication; ambiguity; shuffling; evasion; guibbling.
     See {Equivocal}, a., and {Prevaricate}, v. i.

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