| NOUN | communication | equivocation, evasion | a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth |
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| attribute | equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness | intentionally vague or ambiguous | |
| act | equivocation, tergiversation | falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language |
| Sounds | ihkwihvahkey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth. | |
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| Synonym | evasion | |
| Narrower | circumlocution, indirect expression | An indirect way of expressing something |
| doublespeak | Any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not | |
| hedge, hedging | An intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement | |
| quibble, quiddity, cavil | An evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections | |
| Broader | misrepresentation, deceit, deception | A misleading falsehood |
| Spanish | equívoco, evasión | |
| Catalan | equívoc, evasió | |
| Verbs | equivocate | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear / unclear in order to mislead or withhold information |
| Meaning | intentionally vague or ambiguous. | |
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| Synonyms | prevarication, evasiveness | |
| Broader | ambiguity, equivocalness | unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning / meaning |
| untruthfulness | The quality of being untruthful | |
| Spanish | equívoco, evasión, evasivo, prevaricación, tergiversación, vacilación | |
| Catalan | capgirament, evasió, prevariació, tergiversació, vacil·lació | |
| Verbs | equivocate | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear / unclear in order to mislead or withhold information |
| Meaning | falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language. | |
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| Synonym | tergiversation | |
| Broader | falsification, misrepresentation | A willful perversion of facts |
| Spanish | ambigüedad, evasión, tergiversación | |
| Catalan | ambigüitat, evasió, tergiversació | |
| Verbs | equivocate | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear / unclear in order to mislead or withhold information |
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