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equivocation
(encz) | equivocation,dvojznačnost Jaroslav Šedivý |
Equivocation
(gcide) | Equivocation \E*quiv`o*ca"tion\, n.
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification,
with a purpose to mislead.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
equivocation
(wn) | equivocation
n 1: a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly
avoids an unpleasant truth [syn: evasion, equivocation]
2: intentionally vague or ambiguous [syn: equivocation,
prevarication, evasiveness]
3: falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language [syn:
equivocation, tergiversation] |
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Equivocation
(gcide) | Equivocation \E*quiv`o*ca"tion\, n.
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification,
with a purpose to mislead.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
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