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Equivocation
Equivocation ("to call by the same name") is classified as an informal logical fallacy. It is the misleading use of a term with more than one meaning or sense (by glossing over which meaning is intended at a particular time). It generally occurs with polysemic words (words with multiple meanings).
It is often confused with amphibology (amphiboly) (ambiguous sentences.); however, equivocation is ambiguity arising from the misleading use of a word and amphiboly is ambiguity arising from the misleading use of punctuation or syntax. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth. intentionally vague or ambiguous. intentionally vague or ambiguous. the use of equivocal or ambiguous expressions, especially in order to mislead or hedge; prevarication. an equivocal, ambiguous expression; equivoque: The speech was marked by elaborate equivocations.
Logic. a fallacy caused by the double meaning of a word.
Antithesis
A rhetorical term for the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses. opposition; contrast: the antithesis of right and wrong.
the direct opposite (usually followed by of or to ): Her behavior was the very antithesis of cowardly.
Rhetoric .
the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form abalanced contrast of ideas, as in “Give me liberty or give me death.”
the second sentence or part thus set in opposition, as “or give me death.”
Philosophy , See under Hegelian dialectic.
Paradox
A paradox is an argument that produces an inconsistency, typically within logic or common sense.[1] Most logical paradoxes are known to be invalid arguments but are still valuable in promotingcritical thinking.[2] However, some have revealed errors in definitions assumed to be rigorous, and have caused axioms of mathematics and logic to be re-examined (e.g., Russell's paradox).[3] Still others, such as Curry's paradox,
Equivocation
Equivocation ("to call by the same name") is classified as an informal logical fallacy. It is the misleading use of a term with more than one meaning or sense (by glossing over which meaning is intended at a particular time). It generally occurs with polysemic words (words with multiple meanings).
It is often confused with amphibology (amphiboly) (ambiguous sentences.); however, equivocation is ambiguity arising from the misleading use of a word and amphiboly is ambiguity arising from the misleading use of punctuation or syntax. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth. intentionally vague or ambiguous. intentionally vague or ambiguous. the use of equivocal or ambiguous expressions, especially in order to mislead or hedge; prevarication. an equivocal, ambiguous expression; equivoque: The speech was marked by elaborate equivocations.
Logic. a fallacy caused by the double meaning of a word.
Antithesis
A rhetorical term for the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses. opposition; contrast: the antithesis of right and wrong.
the direct opposite (usually followed by of or to ): Her behavior was the very antithesis of cowardly.
Rhetoric .
the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form abalanced contrast of ideas, as in “Give me liberty or give me death.”
the second sentence or part thus set in opposition, as “or give me death.”
Philosophy , See under Hegelian dialectic.
Paradox
A paradox is an argument that produces an inconsistency, typically within logic or common sense.[1] Most logical paradoxes are known to be invalid arguments but are still valuable in promotingcritical thinking.[2] However, some have revealed errors in definitions assumed to be rigorous, and have caused axioms of mathematics and logic to be re-examined (e.g., Russell's paradox).[3] Still others, such as Curry's paradox,