amphibolgia

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noun

A grammatical construction that can be interpreted in two or more different ways; an ambiguous or equivocal statement arising from word order or sentence structure rather than from the meaning of individual words.

OriginAncient Greek ἀμφιβολία →
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Meanings

nounamphibolgia (countable and uncountable, plural amphibologies)

plural amphibologies · alternative amphibology

  1. countablerhetoricuncountablegrammarA grammatical construction that can be interpreted in two or more different ways; an ambiguous or equivocal statement arising from word order or sentence structure rather than from the meaning of individual words.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀμφιβολία“ambiguity”
  2. Englishamphibolgia

From Ancient Greek ἀμφιβολία (amphibolía, “ambiguity”), from ἀμφίβολος (amphíbolos, “ambiguous, doubtful”) [citation:5][citation:8]. The form amphibologia appears in Late Latin.

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APA

amphibolgia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amphibolgia

MLA

“amphibolgia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amphibolgia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amphibolgia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amphibolgia.

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