Tergiversation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tɝd͡ʒɪvɚˈseɪʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tergiversation is a noun meaning The act of abandoning something or someone, of changing sides; desertion; betrayal.
Meaning
The act of abandoning something or someone, of changing sides; desertion; betrayal.
More Meanings
- The act of evading any clear course of action or speech, of being deliberately ambiguous; equivocation; fickleness.
Example Sentences
They make their outward impudence their mask, as foxes, the better we may not see where they truly tend, nor their true black tergiversation beneath.
Anyone who desires an hour's amusement may be advised to look up the tergiversations of eminent craniologists in their attempts to prove from brain measurements that women are stupider than men.
Word Forms
- tergiversations
Synonyms for tergiversation
Depending on context, synonyms include perfidy, prodition, betrayal, double-dealing, perfidiousness, swike.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include apostasy, equivocation, desertion, destitution, forsaking, decommitment.
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