 ##  [Ambiguity](/ambiguity) 

  ##  [Ambiguity](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/ambiguity-0) 

  
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**Humanities &amp; Arts Dictionary**

 
Definition

A property of linguistic expressions (words, phrases, sentences) that admit two or more distinct interpretations under competent usage; forms of ambiguity include lexical (multiple word senses), syntactic (multiple structural parses), and semantic/pragmatic ambiguities that arise from context and conventions.