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The state of hesitating or being evasive

The quality or state of being vague or unclear

The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification

The state or quality of being specious

The action of evading something

An act, or the fact, of being deceptive or deceitful

A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling

The act or process of obfuscating for deceptive purposes

Bland fluent talk indulged in to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly

A lie, typically an unimportant one

Senseless or incoherent talk

A play on words, especially a phrase that has two meanings

(archaic) An ingenious or devious device or stratagem

An eccentricity in a person or thing's character or behavior

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Noun

The state of hesitating or being evasive

humming and hawing

shilly-shallying

stalling for time

hemming and hawing

procrastination

inconclusiveness

blowing hot and cold

second thoughts

indeterminateness

ambiguous statement

shillyshallying

lack of resolution

sitting on the fence

distrustfulness

mistrustfulness

beating about the bush

lack of confidence

lack of conviction

lack of enthusiasm

dodging the issue

sidestepping the issue

ducking the issue

confusion dilemma

double-entendre

reconsideration

half-heartedness

lack of certainty

questionableness

questionability

apprehensiveness

feeble-mindedness

dragging your feet

kicking the can down the road

delaying tactics

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“I can say, without equivocation, that Allen's methods really do work.”

Noun

The quality or state of being vague or unclear

inscrutableness

impenetrability

incomprehensibility

unintelligibility

impenetrableness

lack of clarity

inconclusiveness

surreptitiousness

unfathomableness

clandestineness

non-transparency

cloak and dagger

lack of transparency

indeterminateness

lack of definition

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“The story, if it can be called that, opens in mystery and proceeds through ambiguity, equivocation, and vagueness.”

Noun

The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification

“In this respect, the government's nuclear policy has been one of dissemblance and equivocation.”

Noun

The state or quality of being specious

misapprehension

misinterpretation

misconstruction

mistaken belief

mistaken impression

faulty reasoning

unsound argument

unconvincingness

questionability

inconceivability

unsatisfactoriness

inconceivableness

insubstantiality

fallacious argument

unjustifiability

sophisticalness

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Noun

The action of evading something

Noun

An act, or the fact, of being deceptive or deceitful

underhandedness

monkey business

misrepresentation

double-crossing

telling stories

lack of veracity

lying under oath

giving false testimony

wilful falsehood

bearing false witness

bearing false testimony

making false statements

false statement

violation of an oath

false testimony

forswearing oneself

giving false evidence

disingenuousness

unscrupulousness

sanctimoniousness

pharisaicalness

false profession

treacherousness

pretentiousness

dishonourableness

unprincipledness

questionableness

questionability

surreptitiousness

misbehaviour^UK

duplicitousness

self-righteousness

ambidextrousness

every trick in the book

sleight of hand

smoke and mirrors

palace intrigue

untrustworthiness

misleading talk

misappropriation

crocodile tears

artful argument

superciliousness

specious reasoning

being two-faced

self-satisfaction

bait and switch

demoralization^US

demoralisation^UK

dishonest dealings

breach of trust

being on the take

affected superiority

double standard

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Noun

A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling

Noun

The act or process of obfuscating for deceptive purposes

underhandedness

monkey business

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Noun

Bland fluent talk indulged in to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly

stuff and nonsense

thoughtlessness

meaningless talk

chitter-chatter

incoherent talk

unintelligible language

obscure language

unintelligible talk

trivial conversation

beauty-parlor chitchat

casual conversation

pretentiousness

long-windedness

extravagant boasting

chewing the fat

chewing the rag

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Noun

A lie, typically an unimportant one

misrepresentation

trumped-up story

piece of fiction

alternative fact

terminological inexactitude

departure from the truth

cock and bull story

little white lie

figment of the imagination

cock-and-bull story

flight of fancy

shaggy-dog story

economy with the truth

figment of imagination

false statement

one for the birds

prepared speech

deviation from the truth

disregard for the facts

conspiracy theory

farfetched story

unbelievable tale

false information

mistaken belief

bending of the truth

fictitious story

misleading information

poetic license^US

poetic licence^UK

lack of veracity

aggrandizement^US

not a true picture

aggrandisement^UK

figure of speech

old wivesʼ tale

misleading statement

suppressio veri

confusing statement

misapprehension

misinterpretation

false impression

mistaken impression

castles in Spain

fool's paradise

castles in the air

castle in the air

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Noun

Senseless or incoherent talk

unintelligible talk

incoherent talk

obscure language

unintelligible language

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Noun

A play on words, especially a phrase that has two meanings

Noun

(archaic) An ingenious or devious device or stratagem

course of action

confidence trick

misrepresentation

sleight of hand

temporary solution

temporary measure

temporary expedient

eye-catching novelty

bait and switch

immediate action

oldest trick in the book

smoke and mirrors

jury-rigged expedient

military science

confidence game

organization^US

organisation^UK

systematization^US

systematisation^UK

method of working

proposed action

series of measures

set of procedures

series of steps

systematic process

standard operating procedure

leap in the dark

standard procedure

instrumentation

organizing system

vision statement

mode of conduct

mode of behaviour

what one is into

mission statement

course of therapy

set of principles

instrumentality

entrepreneurship

frame of reference

orderly process

set of guidelines

set of channels

business enterprise

logical process

guiding principle

way of achieving

means of achieving

way of ensuring

means of ensuring

likely cause of

usual procedure

formularization

method of functioning

method of operation

manner of working

method of operating

mode of operation

piece of business

piece of advice

way of doing things

treacherousness

superintendency

superintendence

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Noun

An eccentricity in a person or thing's character or behavior

unconventionality

individual trait

extraordinariness

characteristic gesture

passing thought

conversation piece

object of virtu

peculiar object

singular object

flight of fancy

bee in your bonnet

freak of nature

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