equivocation — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

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

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

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

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

   Beispiele

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   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.

Substantiv

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

   Synonyme

   evasion

   Oberbegriffe

   misrepresentationdeceitdeception

2. intentionally vague or ambiguous

   Synonyme

   prevaricationevasiveness

   Oberbegriffe

   untruthfulnessambiguityequivocalness

3. falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language

   Synonyme

   tergiversation

   Oberbegriffe

   falsificationmisrepresentation