Term: parisology: the use of ambiguous words
Broader: ambiguity: an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context | Unrelated: pertness: quality of being lively and confident
Broader: ambiguity: an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context | Unrelated: maoism: a form of communism developed in China by Mao Zedong
Broader: ambiguity: an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context | Unrelated: diabetes mellitus: diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
Broader: ambiguity: an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context | Unrelated: poll: the counting of votes (as in an election)
Broader: ambiguity: an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context | Unrelated: dictate: a guiding principle
Broader: ambiguity: an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context | Unrelated: antifeminist: someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women
Broader: ambiguity: an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context | Unrelated: scout: a Boy Scout or Girl Scout
Broader: ambiguity: an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context | Unrelated: anabolism: the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy
Broader: ambiguity: an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context | Unrelated: picket ship: a ship serving as a picket
Broader: ambiguity: an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context | Unrelated: graniteware: a kind of stone-grey enamelware