Ambiguity
Ambiguity noun - The quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning.
Unknown and ambiguity are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Unknown" with "Ambiguity", this nouns are similar.
Nearby Words: ambiguous, ambiguously
Unknown
Unknown noun - An unknown and unexplored region.
Ambiguity and unknown are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ambiguity" instead a noun "Unknown".
Nearby Words: unknowable, unknowing
Mutual synonyms
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In Undertale the protagonist's gender is unknown, and is referred to as "they" to preserve ambiguity; the same is true of ghosts (who seem to be genderless by default), Monster Kid, the Riverman/Riverwoman and the fallen human.
Source: Ambiguous Gender -
The artist who originally designed him, Carlos Ezquerra, drew him with thick lips to suggest some racial ambiguity, the idea being that Dredd would be The Faceless to such an extent that even his ethnicity would be unknown to the readers.
Source: Ambiguously Brown
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