equivocation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression. countable,uncountable
  2. The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading. countable,uncountable
    — 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.

词形变化

equivocations plural æquivocation alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

相关词
amphiboly evasion evasiveness prevarication equivoque

词源

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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