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equivocality en · NOUN

Etymology

From equivocal + -ity.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being equivocal.
    • The military lent a new context to Mr. Widmark’s moral equivocality: in films like “Halls of Montezuma,” “The Frogmen,” “Take the High Ground!” and “Destination Gobi” Mr. Widmark played hard-bitten commanders whose apparent coldness and cruelty masked a deeper concern with the safety of their men. 2008 March 29, Dave Kehr, “A Star Who Mastered a New Moral Ambiguity”, in New York Times:

Forms

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equivocalities Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

unequivocality

Relateds

equivocation

Synonyms

equivocalness

Translations (11)

de Doppeldeutigkeit (quality of being equivocal) · pl wieloznaczność (quality of being equivocal) · de Doppelsinnigkeit (quality of being equivocal) · ka არაცალსახობა (quality of being equivocal) · pl dwuznaczność (quality of being equivocal) · de Zweideutigkeit (quality of being equivocal) · pl niejednoznaczność (quality of being equivocal) · de Mehrdeutigkeit (quality of being equivocal) · de Doppelsinn (quality of being equivocal) · ka ორაზროვნება (quality of being equivocal) · es equivocidad (quality of being equivocal)