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AMPHIBOLOGY

Dictionary entry overview: What does amphibology mean?

• AMPHIBOLOGY (noun)
The noun AMPHIBOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., 'they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes

Familiarity information: AMPHIBOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• AMPHIBOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., 'they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

amphibology; amphiboly

Hypernyms ("amphibology" is a kind of...):

ambiguity (an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context)

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