equivocalness
- noun
- /ɪˈkwɪvəkəlnəs/
- The equivocalness of his answer left the audience confused about his true intentions.
Examples
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Legal documents must avoid equivocalness to ensure clear interpretation.
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Her poem's equivocalness invites multiple readings and interpretations.
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The equivocalness of her statement left everyone confused.
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His speech was filled with equivocalness and vagueness.
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Her poem's equivocalness invites multiple readings and interpretations.
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The equivocalness of his answer left the audience confused about his true intentions.
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Legal documents must avoid equivocalness to ensure clear interpretation.
Synonyms
A lack of clear meaning that allows people to understand it in different ways
Lack of clear or exact meaning that makes things hard to understand
A state of having two different meanings or sides at the same time
A word or phrase with more than one meaning that causes confusion
One word that has two or more different meanings
The state of being vague or not clear
Information or speech that is hard to understand and causes confusion
A situation when something is hard to understand
Antonyms
How Ambiguous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word equivocalness comes from Latin parts equi- meaning 'equal' and voc- from vocare meaning 'to call', the same root you see in vocal. So it suggests being 'called the same', and if something can be 'called the same' in different ways it has 'more than one possible meaning', which is why equivocalness means uncertainty or ambiguity.