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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

attribute go
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

quality go
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone

incomprehensibility go
the quality of being incomprehensible

unclearness go
incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear

ambiguity, equivocalness
unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

noun.attribute

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equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness go
intentionally vague or ambiguous
polysemy, lexical ambiguity go
the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings
twilight zone, no man's land go
the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)