equivocation
equivocation (n)
English Definitions:
evasion, equivocation (noun)
a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness (noun)
intentionally vague or ambiguous
equivocation, tergiversation (noun)
falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
equivocation (Noun)
A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
equivocation (Noun)
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.
Equivocation
Equivocation is classified as an informal logical fallacy. It is the misleading use of a term with more than one meaning or sense. It generally occurs with polysemic words. It is often confused with amphibology; however, equivocation is ambiguity arising from the misleading use of a word and amphiboly is ambiguity arising from the misleading use of punctuation or syntax.
Equivocation
In logic, equivocation ("calling two different things by the same name") is an informal fallacy resulting from the use of a particular word/expression in multiple senses within an argument.It is a type of ambiguity that stems from a phrase having two or more distinct meanings, not from the grammar or structure of the sentence.
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