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Definition of Equivocalness
1. Noun. Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning.
Generic synonyms: Unclearness
Specialized synonyms: Equivocation, Evasiveness, Prevarication, Lexical Ambiguity, Polysemy, No Man's Land, Twilight Zone
Derivative terms: Ambiguous, Ambiguous, Equivocal
Antonyms: Unambiguity, Unequivocalness
Definition of Equivocalness
1. n. The state of being equivocal.
Definition of Equivocalness
1. Noun. The state of being equivocal; ambiguity ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Equivocalness
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Medical Definition of Equivocalness
1. The state of being equivocal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Equivocalness
Literary usage of Equivocalness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theological and Literary Journal (1851)
"The whole description he gives of it, thus exhibits it as perpetually deviating
from the truth into inaccuracy, equivocalness, extravagance, FICTION, ..."
2. Theory of Musical Composition, Treated with a View to a Naturally by Gottfried Weber (1846)
"425, already referred to, is favored, not only by the equivocalness of the ...
7 of the present section,) and the equivocalness of the chord [gd^ eb^. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Science: Comprising Astronomy, Chemistry, Dynamics by George Farrer Rodwell (1873)
"This equivocalness of intervals arises from the peculiar character of musical
notation. It is by no means, however, a defect in that notation, ..."
4. Godfrey Weber's General Music Teacher: Adapted to Self-instruction, Both for by Gottfried Weber (1841)
"9. i. and thus arises an equivocalness which is attended with the disadvantage
that one cannot always at the very first instant determine whether the ..."
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