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单词 equivocation
释义 equiv·o·ca·tion
\ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkāshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English equivocacioun, from Medieval Latin aequivocation-, aequivocatio, from aequivocatus + Latin -ion-, -io -ion
1. : an equivocal state or character : ambiguity; especially : duplicity of meaning in word
 < equivocationin the word “fallible” >
2. : an act or instance of equivocating : uncertainty, evasiveness, prevarication
 < bold and forthright thinking and action are … needed; equivocation, compromise, pussyfooting … are no longer to be tolerated — I.M.Ives >
: confusion of terms or ideas similar in meaning
 < the evils arising from the equivocation between faith and intellectual … insight — S.T.Coleridge >
 < a lie may be told by silence, by equivocation, … by a glance of the eye — John Ruskin >
3. : a fallacy in logical reasoning arising from an ambiguous use of a word or phrase — contrasted with amphibology
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