equivocation

casuistry

ˈkazjʊɪstri
ˈkaʒjʊɪstri

noun

the use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions; sophistry.

the minister is engaging in nothing more or less than casuistry

sophistry,specious reasoning,speciousness,sophism,chicanery,quibbling,equivocation,fallaciousness,fudging

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casuistries

ˈkazjʊɪstri
ˈkaʒjʊɪstri

noun

the use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions; sophistry.

the minister is engaging in nothing more or less than casuistry

sophistry,specious reasoning,speciousness,sophism,chicanery,quibbling,equivocation,fallaciousness,fudging

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ambivalences

/amˈbɪv(ə)l(ə)ns/

noun

The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

the law’s ambivalence about the importance of a victim’s identity

equivocation,uncertainty,unsureness,doubt,indecision,inconclusiveness,irresolution,irresoluteness,hesitation,hesitancy,fluctuation,vacillation,shilly-shallying,tentativeness

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ambivalence

/æmˈbɪvələns/

noun

The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

the law’s ambivalence about the importance of a victim’s identity

equivocation,uncertainty,unsureness,doubt,indecision,inconclusiveness,irresolution,irresoluteness,hesitation,hesitancy,fluctuation,vacillation,shilly-shallying,tentativeness

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ambiguity

/ˌæmbəˈɡjuwədi/

noun

The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.

we can detect no ambiguity in this section of the Act

ambivalence,equivocation

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ambiguities

/ambɪˈɡjuːɪti/

noun

The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.

we can detect no ambiguity in this section of the Act

ambivalence,equivocation

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