amphiboly

  • 31logic — logicless, adj. /loj ik/, n. 1. the science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference. 2. a particular method of reasoning or argumentation: We were unable to follow his logic. 3. the system or principles of… …

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  • 32equivocation — noun a) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression. b) The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading. See Also: amphiboly, evasion …

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  • 33amphibology — noun /amfɪˈbɒlədʒi/ Amphiboly. In Athens men learnd [...] to resolve a sophisticall argument, and to confound the imposture and amphibologie of words, captiously enterlaced together [...] …

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  • 34amphibologia — noun Ambiguity of grammatical structure. See Also: amphibology, amphiboly …

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  • 35ambiguity — Having more than one meaning. The simplest case is lexical ambiguity, where a single term has two meanings. A sentence or grammatically complex construction can be ambiguous without any of the words in it being so, because of structural ambiguity …

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  • 36acrostic — Synonyms and related words: abuse of terms, acronym, amphibologism, amphiboly, anagram, avyayibhava, back formation, calembour, clipped word, compound, conjugate, construction, corruption, dvandva, dvigu, endocentric compound, equivocality,… …

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  • 37ambiguity — Synonyms and related words: Janus, ambivalence, amphibologism, amphibology, amphiboly, antinomy, asymmetry, biformity, bifurcation, cavil, conjugation, counterword, dichotomy, disproportion, disproportionateness, dodge, double entendre, double… …

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  • 38anagram — Synonyms and related words: abuse of terms, acrostic, amphibologism, amphiboly, calembour, charade, conundrum, corruption, equivocality, equivoque, jeu de mots, logogram, logogriph, malapropism, metagram, missaying, palindrome, paronomasia, play… …

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  • 39corruption — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abandonment, abjection, abomination, abuse of terms, acrostic, adulteration, alienation, amphibologism, amphiboly, anagram, antiphrasis, atrocity, bad, bane, barbarism, bastardizing, befouling, befoulment,… …

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  • 40logogram — Synonyms and related words: abuse of terms, acrostic, allegory, alphabet, amphibologism, amphiboly, anagram, arrowhead, art, blueprint, calembour, character, charactering, characterization, charactery, chart, choreography, cipher, conventional… …

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