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Misleading use of a term with multiple meanings
In logic, equivocation ("calling two different things by the same name") is an informal fallacy resulting from the failure to define one's terms, or knowingly
Equivocation
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up equivocation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Equivocation is a logical fallacy whereby an argument is made with a term which changes semantics
Equivocation_(disambiguation)
Method in magic tricks
but is instead handed a known card by the magician. Other forces use equivocation (or "the magician's choice") to create the illusion of a free decision
Forcing_(magic)
Play written by Bill Cain
Equivocation is a 2009 play by Bill Cain that premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. It takes place in an alternate history in 17th Century England
Equivocation_(play)
Position in ethical theory and moral theology
Mental reservation (or mental equivocation) is an ethical theory and a doctrine in moral theology which recognizes the "lie of necessity", and holds that
Mental_reservation
Type of informal fallacy
scientific knowledge. The fallacy has been described as an instance of equivocation, more specifically concept-swapping, which is the substitution of one
Motte-and-bailey_fallacy
Measure of relative information in probability theory
E_{X}[\mathrm {H} (y_{1},\dots ,y_{n}\mid X=x)]} is known in some domains as equivocation. Given discrete random variables X {\displaystyle X} with image X {\displaystyle
Conditional_entropy
Ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech
circumlocution can be used to construct euphemisms, innuendos, and equivocations. Circumlocution is often used by beginner and intermediate second language
Circumlocution
Play by William Shakespeare
had in his possession A Treatise on Equivocation, and in the play the Weird Sisters often engage in equivocation, for instance telling Macbeth that he
Macbeth
Form of incorrect argument in natural language
of informal fallacies have been identified, including the fallacy of equivocation, the fallacy of amphiboly, the fallacies of composition and division
Informal_fallacy
Type of uncertainty of meaning where several interpretations are possible
ambiguity (intentionally or not). The logical fallacies of amphiboly and equivocation rely heavily on the use of ambiguous words and phrases. In continental
Ambiguity
American actress (born 1985)
dating Suits star Patrick J. Adams after they met on the set of the play Equivocation in 2009. The couple briefly separated before Adams' guest appearance
Troian_Bellisario
Form of incorrect argument and informal fallacy
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Straw_man
Attacking the person rather than their argument
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Ad_hominem
Fallacy in which a word's history defines its meaning
An etymological fallacy is an argument of equivocation, arguing that a word is defined by its etymology, and that its customary usage is therefore incorrect
Etymological_fallacy
Informal logical fallacy
democracy. Ad hoc hypothesis Begging the question Epistemic commitment Equivocation List of fallacies Motte-and-bailey fallacy Moving the goalposts Persuasive
No_true_Scotsman
Fallacy of treating an abstraction as if it were a real thing
parts have a property solely because the whole has that same property Equivocation, the misleading use of a word with more than one meaning The rhetorical
Reification_(fallacy)
Descriptive ethical view that people are always motivated by self-interest
argument against psychological egoism that centers around an apparent equivocation between different senses of the word "want": The word desire often refers
Psychological_egoism
Formal fallacy that occurs when a syllogism has four (or more) terms
everyday reasoning, the fallacy of four terms occurs most frequently by equivocation: using the same word or phrase but with a different meaning each time
Fallacy_of_four_terms
Topics referred to by the same term
meanings. It is the latin translation of the greek adjective "homonymous". Equivocation, in logic, a fallacy from using a phrase in multiple senses Equivocal
Equivocal
aggregate statistics collected for the group to which that entity belongs. Equivocation – using a term with more than one meaning in a statement without specifying
List_of_fallacies
Question containing an unjustified assumption
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Loaded_question
Fallacy regarding hypocrisy
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Tu_quoque
German Catholic theologian (1904–1984)
Karl Rahner SJ (German: [ˈʁaːnɐ]; 5 March 1904 – 30 March 1984) was a German Jesuit priest and theologian who, alongside Henri de Lubac, Hans Urs von Balthasar
Karl_Rahner
entropy of X {\displaystyle X} given Y {\displaystyle Y} , also called the equivocation of X {\displaystyle X} about Y {\displaystyle Y} is then given by: H
Quantities_of_information
Fallacy of assumption of causation based on sequence of events
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Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc
Fallacious approach to mislead an audience
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Red_herring
Refutation of a logical fallacy
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Correlation does not imply causation
Correlation_does_not_imply_causation
Logical fallacy of inconsistency
to False equivalence. Ad Hominem Affirming the consequent Apophenia Equivocation False balance False analogy List of fallacies Tu quoque Whataboutism
False_equivalence
Philosophical doctrine on the subjugation of all events to fate
Fatalism is a belief and philosophical doctrine which considers the entire universe as a deterministic system and stresses the subjugation of all events
Fatalism
Evidence relying on personal testimony
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Anecdotal_evidence
Formal fallacy
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Association_fallacy
16th-century English Jesuit priest (1555–1606)
28 March 1606, was a foregone conclusion. Criticised for his use of equivocation, which Coke called "open and broad lying and forswearing", and condemned
Henry_Garnet
Idea that a concept is ill-defined, and therefore cannot be discussed
paradox Ship of Theseus Draupnir – The gold ring at the center of the myth Equivocation Fuzzy concept Merchant of Venice – specifically how the 'pound of flesh'
Loki's_wager
Female sibling
include individuals stipulating kinship. In response, in order to avoid equivocation, some publishers prefer the usage of female sibling over sister. Males
Sister
Faulty deductive reasoning due to a logical flaw
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Formal_fallacy
Management attitude for innovation or development
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Not_invented_here
Logical paradox from vague predicates
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Sorites_paradox
Internet adage about Nazi comparisons
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Godwin's_law
Overused, unoriginal phrase or opinion
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Cliché
Rhetorical device or literal parade with grotesque costumes
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Parade_of_horribles
Japanese manga series
January 7, 2025 979-8-89160-258-8 Chapter 11: Decadence Chapter 12: Equivocation Chapter 13: Reflection Chapter 14: Astigmatism Chapter 15: Addiction
My Girlfriend's Not Here Today
My_Girlfriend's_Not_Here_Today
Logic founded on unproven premises
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Begging_the_question
Logical fallacy
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Specious_reasoning
Logic theorem
exclusive. To express the fact that the law is tenseless and to avoid equivocation, sometimes the law is amended to say "contradictory propositions cannot
Law_of_noncontradiction
Formal fallacy about knowledge of objects
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Masked-man_fallacy
Logical fallacy
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Argument_from_authority
Apparent, but false, correlation between causally-independent variables
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Spurious_relationship
background of Jesuitical equivocation". PMLA. 79 (4): 390–400. doi:10.2307/460744. JSTOR 460744. S2CID 163281389. "This kind of equivocation was in the public
Religious views of William Shakespeare
Religious_views_of_William_Shakespeare
Type of trolling or harassment
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Sealioning
Logic error due to ignoring the base rate
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Base_rate_fallacy
Logical fallacy in which the conclusion provides the premise
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Circular_reasoning
Conclusion made on the basis of one or few instances of a phenomenon
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Faulty_generalization
Operation Mincemeat It's A Wonderful Life: A Radio Play Arsenic And Old Lace Equivocation A Christmas Story Just So Tarzan You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown Madagascar:
Kanata_Theatre
Formal fallacy
"or" is defined inclusively rather than exclusively. It is a fallacy of equivocation between the operations OR and XOR. Affirming the disjunct should not
Affirming_a_disjunct
Internet rage incitement technique
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Rage-baiting
Informal fallacy
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Argument_from_ignorance
Attempt to persuade or to determine the truth of a conclusion
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Argument
Psychological defense mechanism
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Rationalization_(psychology)
President of the United Arab Emirates from 1971 to 2004
opinions of the Zayed Centre caused the Harvard Divinity School, after much equivocation, to return/have withdrawn in 2004 Sheikh Zayed's $2.5 million gift in
Zayed_bin_Sultan_Al_Nahyan
Threat of force to make a conclusion accepted
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Argumentum_ad_baculum
International standard on physical quantities and units of measurement
information content, average conditional information content, H(X|Y) equivocation, H(X|Y) irrelevance, C transinformation content, T(x, y) mean transinformation
ISO/IEC_80000
Rhetorical tactic and potential fallacy
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Appeal_to_nature
Fallacy of claiming the majority is always correct
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Argumentum_ad_populum
Logical fallacy
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Denying_the_antecedent
Formal fallacy, aka Linda Problem
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Conjunction_fallacy
In linguistics, stress or a high accent on the third-to-last syllable
words ending in –tion or –sion, which tend to be paroxytones (operation, equivocation). This tendency is so strong in English that it frequently leads to the
Proparoxytone
Type of fallacious argument (logical fallacy)
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Affirming_the_consequent
Statistical fallacy
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Texas_sharpshooter_fallacy
Logical fallacy
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Package-deal_fallacy
Exclusive reliance on quantitative observations in decision-making
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McNamara_fallacy
Informal fallacy in comparing actualities with ideals
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Nirvana_fallacy
Statement based on repeated empirical observations that describes some natural phenomenon
from facts. Calling a law a fact is ambiguous, an overstatement, or an equivocation. The nature of scientific laws has been much discussed in philosophy
Scientific_law
Mistakenly drawing statistical inference from independent events
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Gambler's_fallacy
Assertion without proof
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Ipse_dixit
English actor (born 1968)
convincing in motion, less persuasive when zipping through Macbeth's equivocations." Craig also starred in Glass Onion, a sequel to Knives Out directed
Daniel_Craig
Informal logical fallacy
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Argument_from_incredulity
British broadcaster, journalist and former politician (born 1953)
unattractive" and his opponents within the party later used Portillo's apparent equivocation as an example of his indecisiveness; "I appeared happy to wound but afraid
Michael_Portillo
U.S. intelligence and covert action agency
DDCI John E. McLaughlin was part of a long discussion in the CIA about equivocation. McLaughlin, who would make, among others, the "slam dunk" presentation
Central_Intelligence_Agency
Serbian politician and Diplomat
July 1914, which some scholars have called "a masterpiece of diplomatic equivocation". After the First World War, he became Yugoslavia's first ambassador
Slavko_Grujić
Idea that everyone faces consequence as they deserve
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Just-world_fallacy
Fallacy that since an argument contains a logical fallacy, its conclusion must be false
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Argument_from_fallacy
Book by Robert H. Thouless
ground No. 12. argument in a circle No. 13. begging the question No. 17. equivocation No. 18. false dilemma: black and white thinking No. 19. continuum fallacy
Straight_and_Crooked_Thinking
Question that has a built-in supposition
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Complex_question
Psychological bias towards favoring members of one's in-group
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In-group_favoritism
Scientific study of digital information
conditional uncertainty of X given random variable Y (also called the equivocation of X about Y) is the average conditional entropy over Y: H ( X | Y )
Information_theory
Methods of mind manipulation, often based on logical fallacies
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Propaganda_techniques
Logical fallacy
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Reductio_ad_Hitlerum
Type of informal fallacy
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Double-barreled_question
Rhetorical argument
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Slippery_slope
Fallacy of incomplete evidence
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Cherry_picking
Textbook on logical fallacies by T. Edward Damer
that meet the standard criteria of acceptability. Fallacies such as equivocation, fallacy of division, and wishful thinking are unacceptable because they
Attacking_Faulty_Reasoning
Linguistic ambiguity caused by unusual stress
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Fallacy_of_accent
Deceptive statement
sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky." Here he engaged in an equivocation fallacy to deliberately indicate one particular meaning of the phrase
Half-truth
Rhetorical cliché phrase
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Think_of_the_children
Informal fallacy involving falsely limited alternatives
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False_dilemma
Error in numerical data
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False_precision
Former unrecognised state in Southern Africa (1965–1979)
political structure in theory, although not without qualification and equivocation. A greater degree of social and political equality, they argued, was
Rhodesia
Informal fallacies based on correlative conjunctions
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Correlative-based_fallacies
Interpretation of the Trinity
Scott (2004). "Toward A Biblical Model of the Social Trinity: Avoiding Equivocation of Nature and Order". Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
Social_trinitarianism
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Girl/Female
American, British, Celebrity, Chinese, Christian, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Swedish
Pure; Torture; Form of Katherine; Virginal; Holy
Biblical
one that passes; anger
Male
English
Moor Dweller
Boy/Male
English
Lives at the king's spring.
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Princess
Girl/Female
English American
From the linden tree island.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Flower found in paradise
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Pure One
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Hebrew Reuwben, RUBEN means "behold, a son."Â
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Gift of Guru
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n.
An equivocation; a guibble.
n.
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.
a.
Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
v. t.
To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
n.
A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.
n.
A subtilty; an equivocation.
v. i.
To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement.
v. i.
To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
n.
A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation.
a.
Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc.
n.
Ambiguity of speech; equivocation.