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ασάφεια — meaning in English

asafeia

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English meaning

  • abstruseness noun The property of being abstruse; abstrusity.
  • ambiguity noun The quality of having more than one possible meaning or interpretation.
  • obscurity noun The state of being unknown or not noticed.

Senses

ασάφεια is used for these senses in English:

  • abstruseness The property of being abstruse; abstrusity. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
  • ambiguity (countable) An instance of this state: words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from the context.
  • obscurity The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.

ambiguity — full definition

  1. noun The quality of having more than one possible meaning or interpretation.
  2. noun A specific word, phrase, or statement that can be understood in more than one way.

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