Evasiveness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The quality or state of being evasive.
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  • noun. Deliberate vagueness or ambiguity; failing to answer a question while trying to seem as though one is answering.
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  • noun. The quality of being evasive.
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  • noun. intentionally vague or ambiguous
    • Word Usage
    "McCain isn't and never was George W. Bush, and Obama with all his equivocation and evasiveness is no John McCain."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ambiguity  equivocalness  untruthfulness  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cautiousness  cowardliness  death-scene  deferment  denarius  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    equivocation  
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