Meanings
plural equivocalities
- countableuncountableThe quality of being equivocal.
The military lent a new context to Mr. Widmark’s moral equivocality: in films like “Halls of Montezuma,” “The Frogmen,” “Take the High Ground!” and “Destination Gobi” Mr. Widmark played hard-bitten commanders whose apparent coldness and cruelty masked a deeper concern with the safety of their men.
2008 March 29, Dave Kehr, “A Star Who Mastered a New Moral Ambiguity”, in New York TimesSynonyms: equivocalness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being equivocal.
Origin
Translations
German Doppeldeutigkeit, Doppelsinn
- Doppeldeutigkeitquality of being equivocal
- Doppelsinnquality of being equivocal
- Doppelsinnigkeitquality of being equivocal
- Mehrdeutigkeitquality of being equivocal
- Zweideutigkeitquality of being equivocal
Polish dwuznaczność, niejednoznaczność
- dwuznacznośćquality of being equivocal
- niejednoznacznośćquality of being equivocal
- wieloznacznośćquality of being equivocal
Spanish equivocidad
- equivocidadquality of being equivocal
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