tergiversation

noun

ˌtər-ˌji-vər-ˈsā-shən How to pronounce tergiversation (audio)
Definition of tergiversationnext
as in ambiguity
deliberate evasion in speech like many politicians, he has the gift for tergiversation

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  1. ambiguity
  2. shuffle
  3. circumlocution
  4. equivocation
Noun
  • However, during a complex scene with a lot of context, complicated wording, and ambiguity about what is going on, more cognitive effort is required.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Decisive leadership helps combat ambiguity, providing a clear path forward for the rest of the organization.
    Swapna Sathyan, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of ambiguity
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  • Critical but relatively small-dollar projects, such as street intersection adjustments that better serve pedestrians or bus riders, can get lost in the shuffle.
    David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The senior leadership shuffle continues at the Estée Lauder Cos. After it was revealed that both chief executive officer Fabrizio Freda and chief financial officer Tracey T. Travis plan to retire, another long-term leader at the company is following them.
    Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of shuffle
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  • Here, instead, she’s swayed by a dead Diana softly squeezing her hand and kindly hinting — the dead Diana is an ace at tactful circumlocution — that now is the time to show a mourning nation some emotion.
    Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • By condensing Balzac’s opus to a few paragraphs, Barthelme was having a laugh not just at his predecessor’s genteel circumlocution—his tendency to describe buildings and manufacturing procedures and family trees in lavish detail—but also at the conventions of novelistic mimesis itself.
    Giles Harvey, The New York Review of Books, 23 Apr. 2020
Definition of circumlocution
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  • There is one sort of equivocation that does occur in Snyder’s paintings, and that is especially important to them.
    Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2024
  • There are plenty of public policies that require some caution and equivocation, but housing construction, especially in transit-rich areas, is not one of them.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2024
Definition of equivocation
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“Tergiversation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tergiversation. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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