#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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