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EQUIVOCALNESS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaningplay

Synonyms:

ambiguity; equivocalness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("equivocalness" is a kind of...):

unclearness (incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "equivocalness"):

equivocation; evasiveness; prevarication (intentionally vague or ambiguous)

lexical ambiguity; polysemy (the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings)

no man's land; twilight zone (the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both))

Antonym:

unequivocalness (clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity)

Derivation:

equivocal (open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead)

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