- In logic,
equivocation ("calling two
different things by the same name") is an
informal fallacy resulting from the use of a
particular word or expression...
-
recruitment for some
period of
years or the duration.
Congress and the
states equivocated.
Governor Brown of
Georgia became "the
first and most
persistent critic"...
- Tolkien's ambiguity, in his Middle-earth fiction, in his
literary analysis of fantasy, and in his
personal statements about his fantasy, has attracted...
- Hence, the
Concise Oxford Dictionary of the
English language lists "
equivocating" as a
secondary denotation of the word "Jesuit".
Modern critics of the...
- take
control of the situation. From his
previously unpredictable and
equivocating attitude, he
changed to one of firm
devotion to
protection of his father's...
- a sceptic. Also:
person of
indeterminate ideology or conviction; an
equivocator. : B. adj[ective]. :# Of or
relating to the
belief that the existence...
- not
count toward the ten
labors set for him. The
mythic element is an
equivocating attempt to
resolve the
submerged conflict between an
ancient ten labors...
-
Dumptying is
hardly subtle. The
differences in
meaning are so
obvious that
equivocating by use of them
cannot normally be
pursued without first softening up...
-
situation deteriorated, Leon
Trotsky and
Yakov Sverdlov began to
publicly equivocate about the
possible fate of the
former tsar. On 16 July, the Yekaterinburg...
-
allusion to Garnet. The
porter goes on to say that the
equivocator "yet
could not
equivocate to heaven" (2.3.10–11),
echoing grim
jokes that were current...
