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*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informal_fallacy 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphiboly 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.
==See also==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evasion_(ethics) Evasion]
[[Category: Psychology]]
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*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informal_fallacy 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphiboly 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.
==See also==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evasion_(ethics) Evasion]
[[Category: Psychology]]
