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Equivocation

Equivocation
a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
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[とお(遠)·ま·わ·し]
toomawashi
na adjective, noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[とお(遠)·まわ(回)·し]
toomawashi

English Meanings:

na adjective, noun
  1. indirect (roundabout) expression
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daburusupiiku
noun

English Meanings:

noun
  1. doublespeak
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[あ(揚)·げ·あし(足)·と(取)·り]
ageashitori
noun, no adjective

Alternate Written Forms:

[あげあし(足)·と(取)·り]
ageashitori
[あげあし(足)·と·り]
ageashitori
[あ(挙)·げ·あし(足)·と(取)·り]
ageashitori
[あげ(揚)·あし(足)·と(取)·り]
ageashitori

English Meanings:

noun, no adjective
  1. faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
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