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Ambiguities

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am⋅bi⋅gu⋅i⋅ty

  [am-bi-gyoo-i-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties.
1. doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention: to speak with ambiguity; an ambiguity of manner.
2. an unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning, etc.: a contract free of ambiguities; the ambiguities of modern poetry.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME ambiguite < L ambiguitās, equiv. to ambigu(us) ambiguous + -itās -ity

Synonyms:
1. vagueness, deceptiveness. 2. equivocation.

Antonyms:
1. explicitness, clarity.
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am·bi·gu·i·ty   (ām'bĭ-gyōō'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. am·bi·gu·i·ties

  1. Doubtfulness or uncertainty as regards interpretation: "leading a life of alleged moral ambiguity" (Anatole Broyard).

  2. Something of doubtful meaning: a poem full of ambiguities.

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