Equivocal Definition

ĭ-kwĭvə-kəl
adjective
That can have more than one interpretation; having two or more meanings; purposely vague, misleading, or ambiguous.
An equivocal reply.
Webster's New World
Characterized by a mixture of opposing elements and therefore questionable or uncertain.
Evidence of the drug's effectiveness has been equivocal.
American Heritage
Uncertain; undecided; doubtful.
An equivocal outcome.
Webster's New World
Suspicious; questionable.
Equivocal conduct.
Webster's New World

Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected.

His actions are equivocal.
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noun

A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.

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Noun

Singular:
equivocal
Plural:
equivocals

Origin of Equivocal

  • From Late Latin aequivocus Latin aequi- equi- Latin vocāre to call wekw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Equivocal Sentence Examples

  • His free use of relating concepts, that of sameness, for instance, bears no impress of his theory of the general notion, and it is possible to put out of sight the fact that, taken in conjunction with his nominalism, it raises the whole issue of the possibility of the equivocal generation of formative principles from the given contents of the individual consciousness, in any manipulation of which they are already implied.

  • The title was still in fact "equivocal," and so it remained throughout French history.

  • The equivocal tone of the new speech from the Throne raised a storm of protest in the Chambers and the country.

  • The deputation which presented these demands in Vienna received a somewhat equivocal answer.

  • And other parts of Colbert's schemes deserve still less equivocal condemnation.

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