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amphibology

DEFINITIONS OF: amphibology

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

Synonyms:
amphiboly
Type of:
ambiguity
an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
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