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/ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃən/
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/əˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃn/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tergiversation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: falsification, misrepresentation
intentionally vague or ambiguous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prevarication, evasiveness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ambiguity, equivocalness, untruthfulness
a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: evasion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: misrepresentation, deceit, deception
Narrower terms: circumlocution, indirect expression, doublespeak, hedge, hedging, quibble, quiddity, cavil
c. 1380, from Middle English equivocacion, from Old French equivocation, from Medieval Latin aequivocātiō, from aequivocō, from Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”), from Latin aequus (“equal”) + vocō (“call”); a calque of Ancient Greek ὁμωνυμία (homōnumía).
Across languages
Translations 39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin :
偷換概念 /偷换概念
(tōuhuàn gàiniàn)
— Logical fallacy
Dutch :
ambiguïteitsdrogreden
— Logical fallacy
Dutch :
equivocatie
— Logical fallacy
Dutch :
gelijknamigheid
— Logical fallacy
French :
équivocité
— Logical fallacy
French :
équivoque
— Logical fallacy
Georgian :
ორაზროვნობა
(orazrovnoba)
— Logical fallacy
Georgian :
ეკვივოკაცია
(eḳvivoḳacia)
— Logical fallacy
Georgian :
არაცალსახობა
(aracalsaxoba)
— Logical fallacy
Hungarian :
mellébeszélés
— Logical fallacy
Occitan :
équivocitat
— Logical fallacy
Polish :
ekwiwokacja
— Logical fallacy
Portuguese :
equivocidade
— Logical fallacy
Portuguese :
equívoco
— Logical fallacy
Spanish :
equívoco
— Logical fallacy
Spanish :
equivocidad
— Logical fallacy
Swedish :
ekvivokation
— Logical fallacy
Bulgarian :
двусмислица
(dvusmislica)
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
Chinese Mandarin :
模棱兩可 /模棱两可
(móléngliǎngkě)
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
Dutch :
dubbelzinnigheid
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
French :
équivoque
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
French :
quiproquo
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
German :
Mehrdeutigkeit
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
German :
Doppeldeutigkeit
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
German :
Ambiguität
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
German :
Zweideutigkeit
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
German :
Vieldeutigkeit
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
German :
Wortspiel
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
German :
Wortverdrehung
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
Hungarian :
köntörfalazás
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
Japanese :
二枚舌
(nimaijita)
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
Macedonian :
двосми́сленост
(dvosmíslenost)
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
Macedonian :
двосми́слица
(dvosmíslica)
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
Polish :
ekwiwokacja
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
Polish :
dwuznaczność
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
Spanish :
ambigüedad
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
Spanish :
evasivas
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
Spanish :
equívoca
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
Swedish :
tvetydighet
— Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading
