Definitions for AMPHIBOLOGY
ˌæm fəˈbɒl ə dʒiam·phi·bol·o·gy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. amphibology, amphibolynoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. amphibologynoun

   Amphiboly.

2. Etymology: From amphibologie, from late amphibologia, earlier amphibolia, from ἀμφιβολία.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. AMPHIBOLOGYnoun

   Discourse of uncertain meaning. It is distinguished from equivocation, which means the double signification of a single word; as, noli regem occidere, timere bonum est, is amphibology; captare lepores, meaning by lepores, either hares or jests, is equivocation.

   Etymology: ἄμφὶϐολογία.

   Now the fallacies, whereby men deceive others, and are deceived themselves, the ancients have divided into verbal and real; of the verbal, and such as conclude from mistakes of the word, there are but two worthy our notation; the fallacy of equivocation and amphibology. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

   In defining obvious appearances, we are to use what is most plain and easy; that the mind be not misled by amphibologies, or ill conceived notions, into fallacious deductions. Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica.

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1. amphibology

   Syntactic ambiguity, also called structural ambiguity, amphiboly or amphibology, is a situation where a sentence may be interpreted in more than one way due to ambiguous sentence structure. Syntactic ambiguity arises not from the range of meanings of single words, but from the relationship between the words and clauses of a sentence, and the sentence structure underlying the word order therein. In other words, a sentence is syntactically ambiguous when a reader or listener can reasonably interpret one sentence as having more than one possible structure. In legal disputes, courts may be asked to interpret the meaning of syntactic ambiguities in statutes or contracts. In some instances, arguments asserting highly unlikely interpretations have been deemed frivolous. A set of possible parse trees for an ambiguous sentence is called a parse forest. The process of resolving syntactic ambiguity is called syntactic disambiguation.

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1. amphibology

   Amphibology is a situation where a sentence or phrase can have two or more different meanings due to its ambiguous grammatical structure. It can also refer to a form of verbal fallacy due to grammatical uncertainty. This can often lead to confusion, and is sometimes used intentionally for humor or rhetoric.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Amphibologynoun

   a phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term

2. Etymology: [L. amphibologia, for amphibolia, fr. Gr. 'amfiboli`a, with the ending -logia as if fr. Gr. 'amfi`bolos ambiguous + lo`gos speech: cf. F. amphibologie. See Amphiboly.]

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1. Amphibology

   Amphibology or amphiboly is an ambiguous grammatical structure in a sentence or within a very short discourse, such as two sentences.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Amphibology

   am-fib-ol′o-ji, n. the use of ambiguous phrases or such as can be construed in two senses. A good example is Shakespeare's 'The duke yet lives that Henry shall depose' (2 Henry VI., I. iv. 33)—also Amphib′oly.—adjs. Amphib′olous, Amphibol′ic. [Gr., from amphi, on both sides, ball-ein, to throw.]

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   The numerical value of AMPHIBOLOGY in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

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   The numerical value of AMPHIBOLOGY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=AMPHIBOLOGY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Amphibology
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=AMPHIBOLOGY
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibology
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/AMPHIBOLOGY
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=AMPHIBOLOGY
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=AMPHIBOLOGY