Equivocation
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- Date: 1590
Definitions
- 1 : to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive
- 2 : to avoid committing oneself in what one says
Description
Equivocation is classified as both a formal and informal 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 is often confused with amphiboly; however, equivocation is ambiguity arising from the misleading use of a word and amphiboly is ambiguity arising from misleading use of punctuation or syntax.
