AMBIGUITY

Ambiguity

Ambiguity is an attribute of any concept, idea, statement or claim whose meaning, intention or interpretation cannot be definitively resolved according to a rule or process consisting of a finite number of steps.

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ambiguity

Noun

  1. Something, particulary words and sentences, that is open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context.
    His speech was made with such great ambiguity that neither supporter nor opponent could be certain of his true position.
  2. The state of being ambiguous.


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