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подмена понятийstresses
gen. the use of equivocal language (TheSpinningOne); trade-off (TheSpinningOne); double-talk (UK ALSO doublespeak) * F0 language that has no real meaning or has more than one meaning and is intended to hide the truth: " He accused the ambassador of diplomatic double-talk. CALD. * If she had a gift, he thought, it was for parable and double-talk. * The statement, in the best Pentagonian double-talk, was designed to deceive. LDOCE Alexander Demidov); substitution of concepts (V.Lomaev); equivocation (TheSpinningOne); prevarication (TheSpinningOne); doublespeak (TheSpinningOne); diddling (TheSpinningOne); spoofing (TheSpinningOne)
law substitution of notions (Leonid Dzhepko)
подмена понятий a situation in which two people, groups, etc., are treated very differently from each other in a way that is unfair to one of them: She argued that society applies a double standard in dealing with women who commit adultery. MWALD. Society has a double standard when it comes to teen sex: it is seen as natural for boys but forbidden for girls. LDOCE
gen. double standard (Alexander Demidov)