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.
- fairskin
- fair-skinned
- fair speaking
- fair-spoken
- fair-tongued
- fair-top boot
- fair trade
- fair-trade agreement
- fair-traded
- fair trade law
- fair trader
- fair trading
- fair use
- fair-walling
- fairwards
- fairwater
- fairway
- fair-weather
- fair-weathered
- fair-weather friend
- fairy
- fairy armadillo
- fairy arrow
- fairy basslet
- fairy beads