Synonyms for AMBIGUITY
ˌæm bɪˈgyu ɪ tiam·bi·gu·i·ty

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1. ambiguitynoun

   Antonyms:
   unambiguity

2. ambiguitynoun

   His speech was made with such great ambiguity that neither supporter nor opponent could be certain of his true position.

   Antonyms:
   unambiguity

3. ambiguitynoun

   The state of being ambiguous.

   Synonyms:
   ambiguousness, imprecision

   Antonyms:
   unambiguity

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1. ambiguitynoun

   an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context

   Synonyms:
   equivocalness

   Antonyms:
   unambiguity, unequivocalness

2. ambiguity, equivocalnessnoun

   unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

   Synonyms:
   equivocalness, ambiguity

   Antonyms:
   unambiguity, unequivocalness

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1. • Expression
   • Unclearness

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1. ambiguitynoun

   Synonyms:
   doubtfulness, dubiousness, doubt, uncertainty or equivocalness (as respects the meaning of a single term), AMPHIBOLOGY, indefiniteness, vagueness, obscurity

2. ambiguitynoun

   Synonyms:
   clinch, pun, ambiguous expression, double meaning

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1. List of paraphrases for "ambiguity":

   vagueness, mystery, confusion, uncertainty, equivocation, obscurity, ambivalence

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How to use AMBIGUITY in a sentence?

1. Martina Horner:

   What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers.

2. Sigmund Freud:

   Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

3. Alexander Vindman:

   He was calling for something, calling for an investigation that didn't exist into the Bidens and Burisma, my visceral reaction to what was being called for suggested that it was explicit. There was no ambiguity.

4. Paul Ryan:

   I do believe that (Trump) messed up in his comments on Tuesday, when it sounded like a moral equivocation, or at the very least moral ambiguity, when we need extreme moral clarity.

5. Antoni Macierewicz:

   Right now is a time of a certain sway in public opinion, a certain ambiguity (regarding the EU).