#evasion.misrepresentation__equivocation  a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
  supertype:  misrepresentation__deceit__deception  a misleading falsehood
  subtype:  indirect_expression__circumlocution  an indirect way of expressing something
  subtype:  doublespeak  any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not
  subtype:  hedge__hedging  an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"
  subtype:  quibble  an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

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