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AMPHIBOLY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., 'they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes
Synonyms:
amphibology; amphiboly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("amphiboly" is a kind of...):
ambiguity (an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context)
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