Antonyms for ambiguity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : am-bi-gyoo-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæm bɪˈgyu ɪ ti


Definition of ambiguity

Origin :
  • c.1400, "uncertainty, doubt, indecision, hesitation," also from Medieval Latin ambiguitatem (nominative ambiguitas) "double meaning, equivocalness, double sense," noun of state from ambiguus (see ambiguous).
  • noun uncertainty of meaning
Example sentences :
  • There is no circumlocution nor ambiguity of expression here.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various
  • James never noticed anything—or if he did, his ambiguity was two-edged.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • Obscurity in a teacher is a great defect, especially when he glories in his ambiguity.
  • Extract from : « The Mistakes of Jesus » by William Floyd
  • He found an ambiguity in the wording, a choice of constructions.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • Even the term "expression" has a certain amount of ambiguity.
  • Extract from : « Evolution in Modern Thought » by Ernst Haeckel
  • It was also free from ambiguity, and left little room for doubt.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1 » by John Charles Dent
  • The true remedy for ambiguity is not punctuation, but re-writing.
  • Extract from : « "Stops" » by Paul Allardyce
  • Something is needed to cut into the ambiguity of human love.
  • Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
  • It is sufficient that the ambiguity was such as to deceive the friends of the Cyclops.
  • Extract from : « The Odyssey of Homer » by Homer
  • This ambiguity enters into all the phrases which are humanitarian.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

Synonyms for ambiguity

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