The use of ambiguous language, with the intention to mislead. Now rare.
| 单词 | θ125105 |
| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > deliberate (13) prolocution1679 The use of ambiguous language, with the intention to mislead. Now rare. double-talk1948 Verbal expression intended to be, or which may be, construed in more than one sense; deliberately ambiguous or imprecise language; used esp. of… straddling1949 double-speak1957 = double-talk, n. 2; cf. -speak, suffix and doublethink, n. codespeak1987 Deliberately euphemistic, ambiguous, or indirect language; jargon. Subcategories:— instance (3) — exploiter of (5) |
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