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語源

From Latin tergiversātiō, from tergiversārī (“to turn one's back, to evade, to avoid”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to tergiversate +‎ -ion.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /tɝd͡ʒɪvɚˈseɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /tɜːd͡ʒɪvəˈseɪʃən/
• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

tergiversation (countable and uncountable, plural tergiversations)

1. The act of abandoning something or someone, of changing sides; desertion; betrayal.

   Synonyms: perfidy, prodition; see also Thesaurus:betrayal

   • 1985, John Fowles, A Maggot:

     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.

2. The act of evading any clear course of action or speech, of being deliberately ambiguous; equivocation; fickleness.
   • 1931, Bertrand Russell, The Scientific Outlook:

     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.

関連する語

• tergiversate

アナグラム

• interrogatives, reinvestigator