WEASEL WORD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("weasel word" is a kind of...):

qualification; reservation (a statement that limits or restricts some claim)

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