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What (who) is equivocal success - definition
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Equivocal (disambiguation)
Equivocal
Equivocal is the grammatical quality of ambiguity due to a term's having multiple meanings. It is the latin translation of the greek adjective "homonymous".
equivocal
1.
If you are equivocal, you are deliberately vague in what you say, because you want to avoid speaking the truth or making a decision. (FORMAL)
Many were equivocal about the idea...
His equivocal response has done nothing to dampen the speculation.
ADJ
2.
If something is equivocal, it is difficult to understand, interpret, or explain, often because it has aspects that seem to contradict each other. (FORMAL)
Research in this area is somewhat equivocal...
He was tortured by an awareness of the equivocal nature of his position.
ADJ
Equivocal
·adj Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful.
II. Equivocal ·noun A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an Equivoque.
III. Equivocal ·adj Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal.
IV. Equivocal ·adj (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence.
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Equivocal
Equivocal is the grammatical quality of ambiguity due to a term's having multiple meanings. It is the latin translation of the greek adjective "homonymous".
- Equivocation, in logic, a fallacy from using a phrase in multiple senses
- Equivocal generation, in biology, the disproven theory of spontaneous generation from a host organism
Examples of use of equivocal success
1. Peace in Northern Ireland, perhaps Tony Blair’s least equivocal success, owes everything to the deal struck with the IRA by John Major.