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equivocation

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30
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12
Pronunciation
/ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃən/
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/ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃən/ · /ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃn̩/ · /əˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃn/

Definition of equivocation

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.
    “Federal courts have mostly ruled against the executive branch in such cases. The equivocation that has characterized the [Trump] administration’s legal responses to date is turning into objection and refusal.”

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Etymology

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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