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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

A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments

A play on words, a pun

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

The action of evading something

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

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

(archaic) An ingenious or devious device or stratagem

An unwillingness to settle for anything less than the best

A lie, typically an unimportant one

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

Senseless or incoherent talk

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Noun

The state of hesitating or being evasive

humming and hawing

shilly-shallying

stalling for time

procrastination

hemming and hawing

inconclusiveness

second thoughts

blowing hot and cold

indeterminateness

lack of resolution

shillyshallying

distrustfulness

mistrustfulness

sitting on the fence

beating about the bush

lack of confidence

lack of conviction

faint-heartedness

half-heartedness

dodging the issue

lack of enthusiasm

sidestepping the issue

ducking the issue

reconsideration

confusion dilemma

kicking the can down the road

delaying tactics

dragging your feet

unassertiveness

self-consciousness

lack of self-confidence

lack of certainty

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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

A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments

misapprehension

misinterpretation

misconstruction

mistaken belief

mistaken impression

faulty reasoning

unsound argument

specious reasoning

use of fallacious arguments

rationalization^US

rationalisation^UK

overgeneral reasoning

unsound reasoning

twisting the facts

misunderstanding

false impression

incomprehension

unfounded belief

irrational belief

old wivesʼ tale

erroneous belief

misrepresentation

misappreciation

miscommunication

wrong end of the stick

false interpretation

fallacious argument

subtle argument

trumped-up story

alternative fact

figment of the imagination

cock and bull story

fictitious story

deceptive appearance

false appearance

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Noun

A play on words, a pun

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

sleight of hand

artful deception

smoke and mirrors

bait and switch

confidence game

confidence trick

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Noun

The action of evading something

finding a way round

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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

back-fence talk

unintelligible talk

whispering campaign

rumormongering^US

trivial conversation

beauty-parlor chitchat

casual conversation

rumourmongering^UK

pretentiousness

long-windedness

extravagant boasting

chewing the fat

chewing the rag

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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

smoke and mirrors

bait and switch

oldest trick in the book

publicity device

eye-catching novelty

confidence game

instrumentality

fraudulent scheme

instrumentation

bit of sharp practice

false appearance

outward appearance

monkey business

trumped-up charge

daylight robbery

sanctimoniousness

pretentiousness

organisation^UK

organization^US

illegal enterprise

criminal activity

attention-grabber

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

wild-goose chase

diversionary tactic

misleading clue

treacherousness

secret understanding

fraudulent artifice

fradulent artifice

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Noun

An unwillingness to settle for anything less than the best

Noun

A lie, typically an unimportant one

trumped-up story

alternative fact

misrepresentation

piece of fiction

cock and bull story

little white lie

terminological inexactitude

departure from the truth

figment of the imagination

flight of fancy

cock-and-bull story

shaggy-dog story

economy with the truth

figment of imagination

false statement

farfetched story

unbelievable tale

remarkable story

one for the birds

prepared speech

deviation from the truth

disregard for the facts

false information

mistaken belief

bending of the truth

fictitious story

misleading information

conspiracy theory

creation of the brain

castle in the air

lack of veracity

imaginativeness

visualization^US

visualisation^UK

castle in Spain

fool's paradise

imaginative faculty

phantom of the mind

creature of the imagination

creative thought

will-o'-the-wisp

virtual reality

pretentiousness

power of invention

wishful thinking

cloud cuckoo land

product of someone's imagination

fanciful notion

flight of imagination

imaginative power

traveller's tale

fraudulent imitation

fraudulent copying

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Noun

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

unconventionality

extraordinariness

characteristic gesture

conversation piece

object of virtu

peculiar object

singular object

individual trait

freak of nature

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Noun

Senseless or incoherent talk

stuff and nonsense

unintelligible language

obscure language

unintelligible talk

incoherent talk

beating about the bush

thoughtlessness

smoke and mirrors

meaningless talk

chitter-chatter

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