equivocalityn.
/iːˌkwɪvəʊˈkalɪti/ The quality or condition of being equivocal; also concrete. Something which is equivocal; an equivoque.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun]
ambiguitya1325
doublenessa1513
ambiguousness1542
double meaning1551
indifferency1596
equivocacy1646
equivocalness1647
ambilogy1656
greyness1663
mealy-mouthedness1697
amphilogy1731
equivocality1735
grey1822
double-edgedness1901
ambivalence1912
ambivalency1912
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > expression containing
amphibologyc1374
ambagea1413
ambiguity1583
ambiguea1592
amphibole1606
amphiboly1610
equivoque1614
dilogy1656
double entendre1673
amphilogy1731
amphibologism1813
equivocality1830
double entente1895
left-hander1920
1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. V. 27 I repeat it in Latin, because the equivocality..will not subsist in a translation.
1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. vi. i. 244 They interpreted her equivocalities, as she intended they should.
1847 Fraser's Mag. 36 560 The conduct of Lady Hamilton and Nelson was..guaranteed against equivocality by the fact of Sir William Hamilton's station in life.
1881 Contemp. Rev. June 889 Suggesting ideas by such equivocalities.
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