equivoque

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Nor is the equivoque remedied by defining representation as a psychic product of secondary order in relation to sensation, which should occupy the first place.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

But here again, to say nothing of the equivoque of ‘positive,’ we are met by a claim of pre-emption, the claim of Comte to associate the ‘ism’ specifically with his system, theoretic and practical.

From Rationalism by Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon)

One of the instances of the evils arising from the equivoque between faith and intellectual satisfaction or insight.

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

The other lost his temper at this equivoque, and threatened him: 'You shall see in a minute what a man can do.'

From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)

It is easy to see how the Elizabethan tendency to word-quibble and equivoque would help to give currency to the Latin form.

From The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar by Black, Ebenezer Charlton