equivocation — قاموس الإنجليزية

اسم

1. A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

2. The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

   أمثلة

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   Federal courts have mostly ruled against the executive branch in such cases. The equivocation that has characterized the [Trump] administration’s legal responses to date is turning into objection and refusal.

اسم

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

   مرادفات

   evasion

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   misrepresentationdeceitdeception

2. intentionally vague or ambiguous

   مرادفات

   prevaricationevasiveness

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   untruthfulnessambiguityequivocalness

3. falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language

   مرادفات

   tergiversation

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   falsificationmisrepresentation