equivocalness
Quality of uncertainty
Equivocalness is the quality of being open to more than one interpretation, or of being deliberately ambiguous or evasive.
When someone's statements have equivocalness, you cannot pin down exactly what they mean or intend.
The word overlaps substantially with equivocation, though equivocalness emphasizes the state or quality while equivocation often suggests the act of being deliberately unclear.
The equivocalness of her answer left us wondering where she actually stood on the issue.
Unclear, ill-defined
- impreciseLacking exactness or accuracy
- nebulousUnclear and formless
- indistinctUnclear, hard to perceive
- fuzzySoft and unclear
hazy · blurry · unclear · indefinite · unspecific · amorphous · cloudy · misty
Having multiple interpretations
- polysemyWord having related meanings
- misleadingCausing false beliefs
- deceptiveCreating false impressions
- crypticObscure in meaning
enigmatic · obscure · opaque · murky · evasive · noncommittal · hedging · doublespeak
State resisting forecasts
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
- indeterminacyLack of fixed outcome
- fluctuationIrregular change over time
- variabilityTendency to change
speculation · conjecture · inconclusiveness · questionability · dubiousness · unreliability · incalculability · contingency
vague
Unclear, ill-defined
- impreciseLacking exactness or accuracy
- nebulousUnclear and formless
- indistinctUnclear, hard to perceive
fuzzy · hazy · blurry · unclear · indefinite · unspecific · amorphous · cloudy · misty · inexact
ambiguous
Having multiple interpretations
- polysemyWord having related meanings
- misleadingCausing false beliefs
- deceptiveCreating false impressions
cryptic · enigmatic · obscure · opaque · murky · evasive · noncommittal · hedging · doublespeak · prevarication
unpredictability
State resisting forecasts
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
- indeterminacyLack of fixed outcome
- fluctuationIrregular change over time
variability · speculation · conjecture · inconclusiveness · questionability · dubiousness · unreliability · incalculability · contingency · precariousness
equivocalnessunequivocalness
State of being unmistakable
clarity · clearness · plainness · lucidity · perspicuity
equivocalnessexplicitness
Quality of being unambiguous
definiteness · certainty · directness · exactness · forthrightness
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