ambiguity
/ˌæm·bɪˈgjuɪ·t̬i/ n [C/U]Definition
› a situation or statement that is unclear because it can be understood in more than one way: [C] This is a first step toward clarifying things, but there are still many ambiguities. intentional ambiguity literature › Intentional ambiguity is the use of language or images to suggest more than one meaning at the same time, esp. in a poem.
(Definition of ambiguity n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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