obliquity

as in ambiguity
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning her poetry is sure to satisfy those readers who readily confuse obliquity with profundity

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“Obliquity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obliquity. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.

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