vagueness als zelfstandig naamwoord: - 1
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vagueness
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 vagueness
Unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning.
Roget 475:
uncertainty,
incertitude,
doubt;
doubtfulness
etc.
adj.;
dubiety,
dubitation†,
dubitancy†,
dubitousness†.
hesitation,
suspense;
perplexity,
embarrassment,
dilemma,
bewilderment;
timidity
etc.
(fear)
860;
vacillation
etc.
605;
diaporesis†,
indetermination.
vagueness
etc.
adj.;
haze,
fog;
obscurity
etc.
(darkness)
421;
ambiguity
etc.
(double meaning)
520;
contingency,
dependence,
dependency,
double contingency,
possibility upon a possibility;
open question
etc.
(question)
461;
onus probandi [Lat.];
blind bargain,
pig in a poke,
leap in the dark,
something or other;
needle in a haystack,
needle in a bottle of hay;
roving commission.
precariousness
etc.
adj.;
fallibility.
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Roget 517:
meaninglessness,
unmeaningness
etc.
adj.†;
scrabble.
empty sound,
dead letter,
vox et praeterea nihil [Lat.];
a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing;"
sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. "
nonsense,
utter nonsense,
gibberish;
jargon,
jabber,
mere words,
hocus-pocus,
fustian,
rant,
bombast,
balderdash,
palaver,
flummery,
verbiage,
babble,
baverdage,
baragouin†,
platitude,
niaiserie†;
inanity;
flap-doodle;
rigmarole,
rodomontade;
truism;
nugae canorae [Lat.];
twaddle,
twattle,
fudge,
trash,
garbage,
humbug;
poppy-cock [U.S.];
stuff,
stuff and nonsense;
bosh,
rubbish,
moonshine,
wish-wash,
fiddle-faddle;
absurdity
etc.
497;
vagueness
etc.
(unintelligibility)
519.
[routine or reflexive statements without substantive thought, esp. legal]
boilerplate,
clich??.
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Roget 519:
unintelligibility;
incomprehensibility,
imperspicuity†;
inconceivableness,
vagueness
etc.
adj.;
obscurity;
ambiguity
etc.
520;
doubtful meaning;
uncertainty
etc.
475;
perplexity
etc.
(confusion)
59;
spinosity†;
obscurum per obscurius [Lat.];
mystification
etc.
(concealment)
528;
latency
etc.
526;
transcendentalism.
paradox,
oxymoron;
riddle,
enigma,
puzzle
etc.
(secret)
533;
diagnus vindice nodus [Lat.];
sealed book;
steganography†,
freemasonry.
pons asinorum [Lat.],
asses' bridge;
high Dutch,
Greek,
Hebrew;
jargon
etc.
(unmeaning)
517.
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Roget 571:
obscurity
etc.
(unintelligibility)
519;
involution;
hard words;
ambiguity
etc.
520;
unintelligibleness;
vagueness
etc.
475,
inexactness
etc.
495;
what d'ye call 'em
etc.
(neologism)
563†;
darkness of meaning.
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Nederlands: vaagheid
Pools: niewyraźność
2 vagueness
Indistinctness of shape or character.
Pools: niewyrazistość, nieokreśloność
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