equivocation — İngilizce Sözlük

İsim

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

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

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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.

İsim

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

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   evasion

   Daha genel terimler

   misrepresentationdeceitdeception

2. intentionally vague or ambiguous

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   prevaricationevasiveness

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   untruthfulnessambiguityequivocalness

3. falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language

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   tergiversation

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   falsificationmisrepresentation