equivocal
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equivocal
adj. providing ambiguous information or answers (especially with intent to deceive); ambiguous, having two or more possible meanings; questionable, doubtful; uncertain, undecided

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Equivocation
Equivocation ("to call by the same name") is classified as both a formal and informal logical fallacy. It is the misleading use of a term with more than one meaning or sense (by glossing over which meaning is intended at a particular time). It generally occurs with polysemic words (words with multiple meanings).

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equivocal

Adjective
1. open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question"
(synonym) ambiguous
(antonym) unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous
(similar) ambivalent
(see-also) ambiguous
2. open to question; "aliens of equivocal loyalty"; "his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson
(similar) questionable
3. uncertain as a sign or indication; "the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal"
(similar) inconclusive


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Equivocal
(n.)
A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.
  
 
(a.)
Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful.
  
 
(a.)
Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal.
  
 
(a.)
(Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence.
  

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equivocal
adj.
1. ambiguous
گول گول, مبہم, مشکوک, مشتبہ, مذبذب
2. capable of being ascribed to different motives
دو ارتھي, ذو معني, دو بھاؤ, دو بھانتيا



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