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Equivocation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Equivocation : (noun)
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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Equivocation : \E*quiv`o*ca"tion\, n.
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification,
with a purpose to mislead.
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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Equivocation |
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GE_Anderson: Phrase that should be banned: best in class. One is either best or not. Adding "class" to it is just Equivocation. |
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followthelida: This theatre is so nostalgic. Waiting for closing night of Equivocation to begin! |
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idcinc: @JJLouis Call us #captainobvious, but this just gets down to an Equivocation between mathematical normalcy vs. social / imperative norms. |
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