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Noun Concept
Categories: Verbal fallacies, Ambiguity
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equivocation  prevarication  evasiveness  Ambiguous terms  Ambiquity
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Intentionally vague or ambiguous WordNet 3.0
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Intentionally vague or ambiguous WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In logic, equivocation is an informal fallacy resulting from the use of a particular word/expression in multiple senses within an argument. Wikipedia
Logical fallacy whereby an argument is made with a term which changes semantics in the course of the argument. Wikipedia Disambiguation
A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression. Wiktionary
Logical fallacy. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
ambiguity
untruthfulness
verbal fallacy
HAS KIND
hypostatization
no true Scotsman
false equivalence
fallacy of quoting out of context
Loki's wager
+1 relations
DERIVATION
beat around the bush
evasive
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness
Wikipedia
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equivocation
Wikidata
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equivocation
Wiktionary
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equivocation
Wikipedia Redirections
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Ambiguous terms, Ambiquity, Equivocate, Equivocating, Equivocation fallacy, Equivocations, Equivocator, Equivocity, Equivoque, Fallacy of equivication, fallacy of equivocation, Logical fallacy/Equivocation

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