systematic ambiguity
Philosophy
noun
Variation in meaning of a term or expression, of a kind governed and explicable by a rule.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), philosopher, journalist, and political campaigner.
- root period
- root pressure
- root-prune
- root pruning
- root-puller
- root room
- root rot
- root run
- root seller
- root sheath
- root sign
- rootsiness
- roots music
- root someone on
- root someone's boot
- root something out
- root something up
- root stem
- rootstock
- root swell
- root swelling
- rootsy
- root-toot
- root treatment
- root tuber