Amphiboly
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The use of ambiguities; quibbling.
noun.
In
logic
, ambiguity in the meaning of a proposition, arising either from an uncertain syntax or from a figure of speech.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Ambiguous discourse; amphibology.
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noun.
An
ambiguous
grammatical
construction
.
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noun.
an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes
cross-reference
equivocation
transcendental amphiboly
Form
amphibology
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
ambiguity
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
amphibology