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equivocation

zelfstandig naamwoord

1 equivocation

A statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth.

synoniem: evasion.

Roget 520: equivocalness etc. adj.; double meaning etc. 516; ambiguity, double entente, double entendre [Fr.], pun, paragram, calembour, quibble, equivoque [Fr.], ... meer laten zien

Roget 544: falsehood, falseness; falsity, falsification; deception etc. 545; untruth etc. 546; guile; lying etc. ... meer laten zien

Roget 477: intuition, instinct, association, hunch, gut feeling; presentiment, premonition; rule of thumb; superstition; astrology; faith (supposition) 514.    sophistry, ... meer laten zien

2 equivocation

Intentionally vague or ambiguous.

synoniemen: evasiveness, prevarication.

Nederlands: ontwijkend

3 equivocation

Falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language.

synoniem: tergiversation.

Pools: ekwiwokacja


Moby betekeniswoordenboek: ambiguity, ambivalence, amphibology, antinomy, apparent soundness, avoidance, avoiding reaction, bickering, boggling, captiousness, casuistry, caviling, chicane, chicanery, circularity, circumvention, coloring, confabulation, counterword, defense mechanism ... meer laten zien.

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