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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: equivocation (0.01034 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to equivocation.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: equivocation
equivocation
n 1: a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly
avoids an unpleasant truth [syn:
evasion]
2: intentionally vague or ambiguous [syn:
prevarication,
evasiveness]
3: falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language [syn:
tergiversation]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Equivocation
Equivocation
\E*quiv`o*ca"tion\, n.
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification,
with a purpose to mislead.
[1913 Webster]
There being no room for equivocations, there is no need
of distinctions. --Locke.
Syn: Prevarication; ambiguity; shuffling; evasion; guibbling.
See
Equivocal, a., and
Prevaricate, v. i.
[1913 Webster]
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