equivocation
Significat (Anglès)
- (countable, uncountable) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
- (countable, uncountable) The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.
Conceptes
Sinònims
dishonest action
underhand action
Traduccions
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃən/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
c. 1380, from Middle English equivocacion, from Old French equivocation, from Medieval Latin aequivocātiō, from aequivocō, from Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”), from Latin aequus (“equal”) + vocō (“call”); a calque of Ancient Greek ὁμωνυμία (homōnumía).
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