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EQUIVOCALNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
Synonyms:
ambiguity; equivocalness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("equivocalness" is a kind of...):
unclearness (incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "equivocalness"):
equivocation; evasiveness; prevarication (intentionally vague or ambiguous)
lexical ambiguity; polysemy (the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings)
no man's land; twilight zone (the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both))
Antonym:
unequivocalness (clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity)
Derivation:
equivocal (open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead)
