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equivocation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | evasion |
| Type of | deceit, deception, misrepresentation |
| Has types | doublespeak, cavil, hedge, hedging, indirect expression, quibble, quiddity, circumlocution |
| Derivation | equivocate |
equivocation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | evasiveness, prevarication |
| Type of | untruthfulness, equivocalness, ambiguity |
| Derivation | equivocate |
equivocation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tergiversation |
| Type of | falsification, misrepresentation |
| Derivation | equivocate |
Examples of equivocation
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I regret Wikipedia has been supporting such equivocation since 2 September 2011.
From the en.wikipedia.org
That blunder comes from yet another equivocation between a CCP and an exchange.
From the theatlantic.com
Equivocation on this point serves only to legitimise Turkish government denial.
From the economist.com
Acknowledge responsibility to anyone who's been wronged, without equivocation.
From the foxbusiness.com
Conflation in logical terms is very similar to, if not identical to, equivocation.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I removed what I did because it introduced an equivocation I felt was unjustified.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Let's wait a season or two before we claim without equivocation that he can't play.
From the dallasnews.com
It is a bare knuckle affair full of palter and equivocation from all parties.
From the forbes.com
Equivocation is the use of circumlocution to deceive others without blatantly lying.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Evasion: a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
- Intentionally vague or ambiguous
- (equivocate) beat around the bush: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
- Equivocation is classified as both a formal and informal logical fallacy. It is the misleading use of a term with more than one meaning or sense (by glossing over which meaning is intended at a particular time). It generally occurs with polysemic words.
- In information theory, the conditional entropy (or equivocation) quantifies the remaining entropy (i.e. uncertainty) of a random variable given that the value of another random variable is known. It is referred to as the entropy of conditional on , and is written . ...
- Equivocation is a technique by which a magician appears to have intended a particular outcome, when in actuality the outcome is one of several alternative outcomes.Also called a "multiple-out"
- Equivocation, written by Bill Cain, is a play about telling the truth in difficult times. It proposes the question: what if the government commissioned William Shakespeare (known as Shagspeare in the play) to write the definitive history of a national crisis, the Powder Plot, in one of his plays.
- A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression; The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading
- (equivocate) To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity; To render equivocal or ambiguous
