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ambiguity
[ am-bi-gyoo-i-tee ]
noun
- doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention:
to speak with ambiguity;
an ambiguity of manner.
Synonyms: deceptiveness, vagueness
Antonyms: explicitness, clarity
- an unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning, etc.:
a contract free of ambiguities;
the ambiguities of modern poetry.
Synonyms: equivocation
ambiguity
/ ˌæmbɪˈɡjuːɪtɪ /
noun
- the possibility of interpreting an expression in two or more distinct ways
- an instance of this, as in the sentence they are cooking apples
- vagueness or uncertainty of meaning
there are several ambiguities in the situation
Other Words From
- nonam·bi·gui·ty noun plural nonambiguities
Word History and Origins
Origin of ambiguity1
Example Sentences
But the truth is that we need the theater to teach us how to think, to open us to ambiguity and to remind us of the limits of what can be known.
“If unaddressed, any ambiguity on the lawful use of military force, coupled with President-elect Trump’s demonstrated intent to utilize the military in such dangerous and unprecedented ways, may prove to be devastating,” the letter reads.
The discrepancy between the two meanings generates ambiguity and this ambiguity can push a listener to interpret the lyrics of “Ironic” in a new way.
We report on self-serving lies, which pollsters then proceed to use to produce a desired result with no ambiguity.
Smerilli wanted to pack many concepts into this one theme but without spoiling “the sense of ambiguity that is in the script,” he says.
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