The state or quality of being ambiguous or open to more than one interpretation.
the equivocacy of the term helps him in his argumentation
Example sentencesExamples
- The sexual equivocacy was also constantly reinforced by the theatrical conventions in which actresses were presented to male audiences as beautiful, sexual, available beings.
- Only univocal assertions protect us from equivocacy.
- The equivocacy of Descartes's position was mocked by many of his contemporaries.
- They satisfied his desire for that elusive double who, like a parallel universe, may both share and appease the anguish of existence and the equivocacy of art.
- The equivocacy of scripture serves as an instrument of divine justice.
Synonyms
ambivalence, equivocation