AMPHIBOLOGY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., 'they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes

Synonyms:

amphibology; amphiboly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("amphibology" is a kind of...):

ambiguity (an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context)

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