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Equivocation meaning
A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression. | The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.
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Example sentences (16)
He added that; “We state without any equivocation that President Bola Tinubu has not approved any salary increase, and no such proposal has been brought before him for consideration.
The intricacies of the Vatican’s theological explanation for the new declaration will cause confusion, since it sounds like equivocation to sin.
We state without any equivocation that this is pure religious blackmail as contrary to the propaganda of MURIC, which the House of Assembly latched on, there are more Muslims in the government of Lagos than Christians.
Both the passing of the bill and divestment resolution were the first major points of action taken by the 75th A.S. Senate after a year of equivocation on the same topic from the 74th Senate.
Today we say formally and without any equivocation, we are sorry.
Amazing how that was all it took to crystallize your thoughts from New Age equivocation down to "you have to be a complete idiot to drink bleach".
The Massachusetts senator and 2020 candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination told MSNBC host Chris Hayes on Thursday that she believes the women "without any equivocation" and takes responsibility for their departure.
Trump’s equivocation came during an intense and openly hostile portion of the 98-minute debate, with the two candidates offering sharply different approaches to the issue of racial division.
As a country involved in both OGP and APRM, Kenya can state without equivocation that both initiatives are not placebo treatment to governance challenges that continue to imperil the continent.
Emotion only works when it rings true, when a speaker is describing reality as he or she genuinely believes it to be, without equivocation.
There was an ugly equivocation from other western leaders.
When Doug Ford announced his attack on local democracy, the response Tory mounted was one of equivocation instead of the fierce defence so many Torontonians wanted and needed.
A mineral can be identified by several physical properties, some of them being sufficient for full identification without equivocation.
Bergman initially responded that he did not plan these three films as a trilogy and that he could not see any common motifs in them, but he later seemed to have adopted the notion, with some equivocation.
In particular, scholars identify the porter's lines about "equivocation" and treason as an allusion to the trial of Henry Garnet in 1606.
The logical fallacies of amphiboly and equivocation rely heavily on the use of ambiguous words and phrases.