The practice of using ambiguous language to conceal the truth or avoid committing to a position. Deliberately unclear or misleading speech.
The noun form of 'equivocate,' from Latin 'aequivocatio.' In medieval logic, equivocation was recognized as a formal fallacy where the same word is used with different meanings in an argument to create false conclusions.
Equivocation is the noun for the sneaky verbal dance that equivocating creates. It's like verbal smoke and mirrors - the speaker uses words that technically could mean different things to avoid getting caught in a lie or firm commitment.
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