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ambiguity

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The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression.

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Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity. Sigmund Freud

The extreme nature of dominant-end views is often concealed by the vagueness and ambiguity of the end proposed. John Rawls

There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. Thomas Reid

Legends of prediction are common throughout the whole Household of Man. Gods speak, spirits speak, computers speak. Oracular ambiguity or statistical probability provides loopholes, and discrepancies are expunged by Faith. Ursula K. Le Guin

The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it. Frank Herbert

Ambiguity - the Devil's volleyball. Emo Philips

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