Equivocation

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Equivocation is the use of a word or expression, open to more than one meaning, so as to mislead or confuse, either because the user intends to mislead or is himself confused. In a discussion or argument, it is the repetition of a basic term in another sense than that in which it was originally used.[1]

References

  1. Percy L. Greaves, Jr. "Mises Made Easier ", 1974. Referenced 2014-07-11.

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