tergiversation

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of abandoning something or someone, of changing sides; desertion; betrayal.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of evading any clear course of action or speech, of being deliberately ambiguous; equivocation; fickleness.

Έννοιες

αστασία

παλινωδία

υπεκφυγή

Συνώνυμα

subterfuge

elusion

equivocation

apostasy

evasion

guile

inconstancy

instability

loophole

lubricity

mercurialness

mutability

prevarication

quibble

quirk

shift

skittishness

stall

treachery

volatileness

apostacy

deception

defection

dodge

Μεταφράσεις

sotterfugio

evasiva

Ausflucht

dérobade

échappatoire

Ausflüchte

subtilesa

apostasie

apostasia

argutie

Quiddität

Spitzfindigkeit

tergiversation

cavillo

tergiversació

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/tɝd͡ʒɪvɚˈseɪʃən/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From Latin tergiversātiō, from tergiversārī (“to turn one's back, to evade, to avoid”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to tergiversate + -ion.