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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

The quality of being untrue

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

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

blowing hot and cold

second thoughts

indeterminateness

lack of resolution

shillyshallying

sitting on the fence

beating about the bush

faint-heartedness

half-heartedness

dodging the issue

lack of enthusiasm

sidestepping the issue

ducking the issue

distrustfulness

mistrustfulness

lack of confidence

lack of conviction

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

cloak and dagger

indeterminateness

lack of definition

lack of transparency

non-transparency

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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

disingenuousness

old wivesʼ tale

erroneous belief

wrong end of the stick

false interpretation

fallacious argument

subtle argument

misrepresentation

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Noun

A play on words, a pun

Noun

The quality of being untrue

misrepresentation

double-crossing

telling stories

lack of veracity

lying under oath

giving false testimony

wilful falsehood

bearing false witness

making false statements

false statement

violation of an oath

bearing false testimony

false testimony

forswearing oneself

giving false evidence

underhandedness

monkey business

unscrupulousness

untrustworthiness

disingenuousness

terminological inexactitude

economy with the truth

treacherousness

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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

unintelligible language

obscure language

back-fence talk

incoherent talk

chewing the fat

chewing the rag

unintelligible talk

whispering campaign

rumormongering^US

trivial conversation

beauty-parlor chitchat

casual conversation

rumourmongering^UK

pretentiousness

long-windedness

extravagant boasting

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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

publicity device

eye-catching novelty

crocodile tears

smoke and mirrors

bait and switch

oldest trick in the book

confidence game

fraudulent scheme

bit of sharp practice

false appearance

outward appearance

monkey business

sanctimoniousness

trumped-up charge

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

daylight robbery

pretentiousness

instrumentality

optical illusion

attention-grabber

wild-goose chase

diversionary tactic

misleading clue

conjuring trick

treacherousness

secret understanding

illegal enterprise

criminal activity

prestidigitation

fraudulent artifice

fradulent artifice

stab in the back

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Noun

Nitpicking

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

flight of fancy

figment of the imagination

cock-and-bull story

shaggy-dog story

farfetched story

unbelievable tale

false statement

remarkable story

economy with the truth

conspiracy theory

prepared speech

one for the birds

false information

deviation from the truth

mistaken belief

disregard for the facts

bending of the truth

disingenuousness

misleading information

fictitious story

work of fiction

figment of imagination

works of fiction

creative writing

work of imagination

confidence trick

confidence game

traditional story

fictional account

castle in the air

castles in the air

phantom of the mind

creature of the imagination

creation of the brain

misinterpretation

misunderstanding

science fiction

sword and sorcery

long and short of it

traveller's tale

idealization^US

idealisation^UK

romantic fiction

romantic short story

sense of excitement

sense of history

romantic comedy

adventure story

sense of adventure

sentimental fiction

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Noun

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

unconventionality

extraordinariness

conversation piece

individual trait

characteristic gesture

object of virtu

peculiar object

singular object

incongruousness

freak of nature

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Noun

Senseless or incoherent talk

stuff and nonsense

unintelligible language

obscure language

unintelligible talk

beating about the bush

thoughtlessness

incoherent talk

smoke and mirrors

meaningless talk

chitter-chatter

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