| NOUN | attribute | equivocalness, ambiguity | unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning / meaning |
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| Meaning | unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning / meaning. | |
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| Synonym | ambiguity | |
| Narrower | equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness | intentionally vague or ambiguous |
| polysemy, lexical ambiguity | The ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings | |
| twilight zone, no man's land | The ambiguous region between two categories / categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both) | |
| Broader | unclearness | incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear |
| Opposite | unambiguity, unequivocalness | clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity |
| Spanish | ambigüedad, polisemia | |
| Catalan | ambigüitat | |
| Adjectives | equivocal | open to two or more interpretations |
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