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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
ambiguity
 
SYLLABICATION:am·bi·gu·i·ty
PRONUNCIATION:  mb-gy-t
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. am·bi·gu·i·ties
1. Doubtfulness or uncertainty as regards interpretation: “leading a life of alleged moral ambiguity” (Anatole Broyard). 2. Something of doubtful meaning: a poem full of ambiguities.
 
 
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