deliberate ambiguity
Purposeful lack of clarity
Deliberate ambiguity is vagueness or multiple meaning introduced on purpose.
Legal contracts may contain deliberate ambiguity to allow flexible interpretation.
Politicians use it to appeal to different audiences simultaneously: The candidate's deliberate ambiguity on immigration let voters hear what they wanted.
In art and literature, it invites interpretation rather than providing answers.
- vagueUnclear, ill-defined
- crypticObscure in meaning
- evasiveAvoiding direct response
- double meaningOne phrase, two senses
- innuendoOblique disparaging remark
equivocation · murky · gray area · unclear · opaque · loophole · plausible deniability · hedging · weasel words · subtext · hidden meaning · coded · dog whistle · slippery · doublespeak · between the lines · ambivalent · smokescreen
deliberate ambiguityprecision
Accuracy of measurement
plain language · explicitness · transparency · lucidity · specificity
deliberate ambiguitycandor
Unguarded truthfulness
full disclosure · plain truth · straight talk · spelling it out
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