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.
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Tergiversation
//tɝd͡ʒɪvɚˈseɪʃən//
Synonyms for "tergiversation" (77 found)
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11 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- отстъпничество noun (act of abandoning, changing sides)
- увъртане noun (act of evading clear course)
Finnish
3 entries- kaartelu noun (act of evading clear course)
- kiertely noun (act of evading clear course)
- takinkääntö noun (act of abandoning, changing sides)
Macedonian
3 entries- вр́тење noun (act of evading clear course)
- отста́пништво noun (act of abandoning, changing sides)
- отстапу́вање noun (act of abandoning, changing sides)
Portuguese
1 entries- tergiversação noun (act of evading clear course)
Romanian
1 entries- tergiversare noun (act of evading clear course)
Spanish
1 entries- tergiversación noun (act of evading clear course)
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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.
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