How do you use Equivocation in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like evasion or falsification, plus the exact meaning.
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.
Synonyms of Equivocation
Using Equivocation
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: evasion, falsification, tergiversation, equivocalness.
- In the example corpus, equivocation often appears in combinations such as: any equivocation, equivocation that, without equivocation.
Context around Equivocation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Equivocation
- In this selection, "equivocation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, age, ugly, down, came and instead stand out and add context to how "equivocation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include amphiboly and equivocation rely heavily and an ugly equivocation from other. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "equivocation" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with equivocation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There was an ugly equivocation from other western leaders. (9 words)
Today we say formally and without any equivocation, we are sorry. (11 words)
The logical fallacies of amphiboly and equivocation rely heavily on the use of ambiguous words and phrases. (17 words)
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. (37 words)
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. (36 words)
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. (30 words)
Example sentences (13)
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.
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".
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.
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.
Common combinations with equivocation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- any equivocation 4×
- equivocation that 3×
- without equivocation 3×
- of equivocation 2×
- equivocation and 2×