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petitio principii
the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question
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Related Words:
non sequitur
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(logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises
a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it
related words >
argument
,
argument by analogy
,
argumentum ad baculum
,
argumentum ad captandum
,
argumentum ad hominem
,
bad case
,
begging the question
,
broken thread
,
brokenness
,
circular argument
,
claptrap
,
crowd-pleasing argument
,
disconnectedness
,
disconnection
,
discontinuance
,
discontinuation
,
discontinuity
,
discontinuousness
,
discreteness
,
disjunction
,
empty words
,
episode
,
fallacy
,
fitfulness
,
formal fallacy
,
hysteron proteron
,
incoherence
,
incompleteness
,
insincere argument
,
intermittence
,
irregularity
,
logical fallacy
,
material fallacy
,
mere rhetoric
,
moonshine
,
noncontinuance
,
nonlinearity
,
nonseriality
,
nonuniformity
,
paralogism
,
parenthesis
,
petitio principii
,
philosophism
,
pseudosyllogism
,
solecism
,
sophism
,
sophistry
,
verbal fallacy
,
weak point
paralogism
collapse
an unintentionally invalid argument
related words >
Aristotelian sorites
,
Goclenian sorites
,
argument
,
argument by analogy
,
argumentum ad baculum
,
argumentum ad captandum
,
argumentum ad hominem
,
bad case
,
begging the question
,
categorical syllogism
,
circular argument
,
claptrap
,
crowd-pleasing argument
,
dilemma
,
empty words
,
enthymeme
,
fallacy
,
figure
,
formal fallacy
,
hysteron proteron
,
insincere argument
,
logical fallacy
,
material fallacy
,
mere rhetoric
,
mode
,
modus tollens
,
mood
,
moonshine
,
non sequitur
,
petitio principii
,
philosophism
,
prosyllogism
,
pseudosyllogism
,
rule
,
rule of deduction
,
solecism
,
sophism
,
sophistry
,
sorites
,
syllogism
,
verbal fallacy
,
weak point
hysteron proteron
collapse
the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')
related words >
anastrophe
,
argument
,
argument by analogy
,
argumentum ad baculum
,
argumentum ad captandum
,
argumentum ad hominem
,
arsy-varsiness
,
bad case
,
begging the question
,
chiasmus
,
circular argument
,
claptrap
,
clutter
,
crowd-pleasing argument
,
empty words
,
fallacy
,
farrago
,
formal fallacy
,
hash
,
helter-skelter
,
higgledy-piggledy
,
hodgepodge
,
hypallage
,
hyperbaton
,
insincere argument
,
jumble
,
litter
,
logical fallacy
,
material fallacy
,
mere rhetoric
,
mess
,
metastasis
,
metathesis
,
mishmash
,
moonshine
,
non sequitur
,
palindrome
,
paralogism
,
parenthesis
,
petitio principii
,
philosophism
,
pseudosyllogism
,
scramble
,
solecism
,
sophism
,
sophistry
,
synchysis
,
tmesis
,
topsy-turviness
,
topsy-turvydom
,
tumble
,
turmoil
,
unholy mess
,
verbal fallacy
,
weak point
,
welter
sophism
collapse
a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
related words >
apparent soundness
,
argument
,
argument by analogy
,
argumentum ad baculum
,
argumentum ad captandum
,
argumentum ad hominem
,
bad case
,
begging the question
,
casuistry
,
circular argument
,
circularity
,
claptrap
,
crowd-pleasing argument
,
deception
,
deceptiveness
,
delusion
,
disingenuousness
,
distortion
,
empty words
,
equivocalness
,
equivocation
,
evasive reasoning
,
fallaciousness
,
fallacy
,
formal fallacy
,
hysteron proteron
,
illogicality
,
insincere argument
,
insincerity
,
invalidity
,
irrationality
,
jesuitism
,
jesuitry
,
logical fallacy
,
material fallacy
,
mere rhetoric
,
misapplication
,
moonshine
,
mystification
,
non sequitur
,
obfuscation
,
obscurantism
,
oversubtlety
,
paralogism
,
perversion
,
petitio principii
,
philosophism
,
plausibility
,
plausibleness
,
pseudosyllogism
,
rationalization
,
solecism
,
sophistical reasoning
,
sophistication
,
sophistry
,
special pleading
,
speciosity
,
specious reasoning
,
speciousness
,
spuriousness
,
subtlety
,
unsoundness
,
verbal fallacy
,
vicious circle
,
vicious reasoning
,
weak point
weak point
collapse
an attribute that is inadequate or deficient
related words >
argument
,
argument by analogy
,
argumentum ad baculum
,
argumentum ad captandum
,
argumentum ad hominem
,
assailability
,
bad case
,
bad habit
,
begging the question
,
besetting sin
,
blemish
,
bug
,
catch
,
chink
,
circular argument
,
claptrap
,
crack
,
crowd-pleasing argument
,
defect
,
defection
,
deficiency
,
drawback
,
empty words
,
failing
,
failure
,
fallacy
,
fault
,
faute
,
feet of clay
,
flaw
,
foible
,
formal fallacy
,
frailty
,
heel of Achilles
,
hole
,
hysteron proteron
,
imperfection
,
inadequacy
,
infirmity
,
insincere argument
,
kink
,
little problem
,
logical fallacy
,
material fallacy
,
mere rhetoric
,
moonshine
,
moral flaw
,
non sequitur
,
paralogism
,
penetrability
,
petitio principii
,
philosophism
,
pregnability
,
problem
,
pseudosyllogism
,
rift
,
shortcoming
,
snag
,
soft spot
,
solecism
,
something missing
,
sophism
,
sophistry
,
taint
,
verbal fallacy
,
vice
,
vincibility
,
vulnerability
,
vulnerable place
,
vulnerable point
,
weak link
,
weak side
,
weakness
solecism
collapse
related words >
Irish bull
,
anachronism
,
anacoluthon
,
antiphrasis
,
argument
,
argument by analogy
,
argumentum ad baculum
,
argumentum ad captandum
,
argumentum ad hominem
,
bad case
,
barbarism
,
begging the question
,
bloomer
,
blooper
,
blunder
,
boner
,
boo-boo
,
boob
,
botch
,
breach
,
break
,
bull
,
bungle
,
catachresis
,
circular argument
,
claptrap
,
corruption
,
crowd-pleasing argument
,
empty words
,
error
,
fallacy
,
fault
,
faux pas
,
flub
,
fluff
,
folk etymology
,
formal fallacy
,
fumble
,
gaffe
,
gaucherie
,
grammatical error
,
hypercorrection
,
hyperform
,
hysteron proteron
,
impropriety
,
incongruity
,
inconsistency
,
indecorum
,
indiscretion
,
infelicity
,
insincere argument
,
lapse
,
logical fallacy
,
malaprop
,
malapropism
,
marrowsky
,
material fallacy
,
mere rhetoric
,
misconstruction
,
mispronunciation
,
missaying
,
mistake
,
misusage
,
moonshine
,
non sequitur
,
paralogism
,
petitio principii
,
philosophism
,
pseudosyllogism
,
slip
,
sophism
,
sophistry
,
spoonerism
,
stupidity
,
ungrammaticism
,
verbal fallacy
,
vernacularism
,
violation
,
vulgarism
,
weak point
claptrap
collapse
related words >
absurdity
,
amphigory
,
argument
,
argument by analogy
,
argumentum ad baculum
,
argumentum ad captandum
,
argumentum ad hominem
,
babble
,
babblement
,
bad case
,
balderdash
,
balls
,
baloney
,
begging the question
,
bibble-babble
,
blabber
,
blague
,
blather
,
bombast
,
bosh
,
bull
,
bullshit
,
bunk
,
bunkum
,
circular argument
,
crap
,
crowd-pleasing argument
,
double-talk
,
drivel
,
drool
,
empty words
,
eyewash
,
fallacy
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fiddledeedee
,
flam
,
flapdoodle
,
flimflam
,
flummery
,
folderol
,
formal fallacy
,
fudge
,
fustian
,
gabble
,
galimatias
,
gammon
,
gibber
,
gibberish
,
gibble-gabble
,
gobbledygook
,
hocus-pocus
,
hogwash
,
hoke
,
hokum
,
hooey
,
humbug
,
humbuggery
,
hysteron proteron
,
insincere argument
,
jabber
,
jargon
,
jiggery-pokery
,
logical fallacy
,
malarkey
,
material fallacy
,
mere rhetoric
,
moonshine
,
mumbo jumbo
,
narrishkeit
,
niaiserie
,
non sequitur
,
nonsense
,
pack of nonsense
,
palaver
,
paralogism
,
petitio principii
,
philosophism
,
prate
,
prattle
,
pseudosyllogism
,
rant
,
rigamarole
,
rigmarole
,
rodomontade
,
rubbish
,
skimble-skamble
,
solecism
,
sophism
,
sophistry
,
stuff and nonsense
,
stultiloquence
,
trash
,
trumpery
,
twaddle
,
twattle
,
twiddle-twaddle
,
vaporing
,
verbal fallacy
,
waffling
,
weak point
moonshine
collapse
whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine
related words >
BS
,
argument
,
argument by analogy
,
argumentum ad baculum
,
argumentum ad captandum
,
argumentum ad hominem
,
bad case
,
balderdash
,
balls
,
baloney
,
bathtub gin
,
begging the question
,
bilge
,
black-market
,
black-marketeer
,
blague
,
blah
,
blah-blah
,
blather
,
blatherskite
,
blether
,
blockade
,
bootleg
,
bootleg liquor
,
bop
,
bosh
,
brew
,
bull
,
bullshit
,
bunk
,
bunkum
,
circular argument
,
claptrap
,
con
,
crap
,
crowd-pleasing argument
,
distill
,
drivel
,
empty words
,
eyewash
,
fallacy
,
fence
,
flam
,
flapdoodle
,
flimflam
,
formal fallacy
,
gammon
,
garbage
,
gas
,
guff
,
gup
,
hogwash
,
hoke
,
hokum
,
home brew
,
hooch
,
hooey
,
hot air
,
humbug
,
humbuggery
,
hysteron proteron
,
insincere argument
,
jiggery-pokery
,
jive
,
line
,
logical fallacy
,
malarkey
,
material fallacy
,
mere rhetoric
,
moonbeam
,
moonglow
,
moonlight
,
mountain dew
,
non sequitur
,
paralogism
,
petitio principii
,
philosophism
,
piffle
,
poppycock
,
pseudosyllogism
,
push
,
rot
,
rubbish
,
scat
,
shine
,
shit
,
shove
,
smoke
,
solecism
,
sophism
,
sophistry
,
stuff and nonsense
,
taradiddle
,
tommyrot
,
tripe
,
twaddle
,
verbal fallacy
,
weak point
,
white lightning
,
white mule
,
wind
sophistry
collapse
related words >
Italian hand
,
acuteness
,
aesthetics
,
ambiguity
,
argument
,
argument by analogy
,
argumentum ad baculum
,
argumentum ad captandum
,
argumentum ad hominem
,
art
,
artfulness
,
artifice
,
astuteness
,
axiology
,
bad case
,
begging the question
,
cageyness
,
callidity
,
canniness
,
casuistry
,
circular argument
,
claptrap
,
cleverness
,
college of Laputa
,
corruption
,
cosmology
,
craft
,
craftiness
,
crossed fingers
,
crowd-pleasing argument
,
cunning
,
cunningness
,
deception
,
deceptiveness
,
deduction
,
deductive reasoning
,
delusion
,
demonstration
,
discourse
,
discourse of reason
,
discursive reason
,
disingenuousness
,
emptiness
,
empty words
,
epistemology
,
equivocation
,
ethics
,
fallacy
,
fine Italian hand
,
finesse
,
first philosophy
,
formal fallacy
,
foxiness
,
gamesmanship
,
gnosiology
,
guile
,
hollow mockery
,
hollowness
,
hysteron proteron
,
induction
,
inductive reasoning
,
ingeniousness
,
insidiousness
,
insincere argument
,
insincerity
,
inventiveness
,
jesuitry
,
logic
,
logical fallacy
,
logical thought
,
material fallacy
,
mental philosophy
,
mere rhetoric
,
metaphysics
,
misdirection
,
misguidance
,
misinformation
,
misinstruction
,
misknowledge
,
misleading
,
misteaching
,
mockery
,
moonshine
,
moral philosophy
,
mystification
,
non sequitur
,
obfuscation
,
obscurantism
,
obscuration
,
one-upmanship
,
ontology
,
paralogism
,
perversion
,
petitio principii
,
phenomenology
,
philosophastry
,
philosophic doctrine
,
philosophic system
,
philosophic theory
,
philosophical inquiry
,
philosophical speculation
,
philosophism
,
philosophy
,
proof
,
pseudosyllogism
,
ratiocination
,
rationalism
,
rationality
,
rationalization
,
rationalizing
,
readiness
,
reason
,
reasonableness
,
reasoning
,
resourcefulness
,
satanic cunning
,
school of philosophy
,
school of thought
,
science of being
,
sharpness
,
shiftiness
,
shrewdness
,
slipperiness
,
slyness
,
sneakiness
,
solecism
,
sophism
,
specious reasoning
,
speciousness
,
spuriousness
,
stealth
,
stealthiness
,
subtilty
,
subtleness
,
subtlety
,
suppleness
,
sweet reason
,
tergiversation
,
theory of beauty
,
theory of knowledge
,
tongue in cheek
,
trickiness
,
uncandidness
,
uncandor
,
unfrankness
,
value theory
,
verbal fallacy
,
wariness
,
weak point
,
wiles
,
wiliness
,
wit
fallacy
collapse
a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
related words >
Albigensianism
,
Arianism
,
Catharism
,
Ebionitism
,
Erastianism
,
Gnosticism
,
Jovinianism
,
Lollardy
,
Manichaeanism
,
Manichaeism
,
Monophysism
,
Monophysitism
,
Pelagianism
,
Waldensianism
,
Wyclifism
,
aberrancy
,
aberration
,
antinomianism
,
apparent soundness
,
argument
,
argument by analogy
,
argumentum ad baculum
,
argumentum ad captandum
,
argumentum ad hominem
,
bad case
,
bamboozlement
,
befooling
,
begging the question
,
bluffing
,
calculated deception
,
casuistry
,
circular argument
,
circularity
,
circumvention
,
claptrap
,
conning
,
crowd-pleasing argument
,
deceiving
,
deception
,
deceptiveness
,
defectiveness
,
defrauding
,
delusion
,
delusiveness
,
deviancy
,
disingenuousness
,
distortion
,
dupery
,
elusion
,
emanatism
,
empty words
,
enmeshment
,
ensnarement
,
entanglement
,
entrapment
,
equivocalness
,
equivocation
,
errancy
,
erroneousness
,
error
,
evasion
,
evasive reasoning
,
fallaciousness
,
false doctrine
,
falsehood
,
falseness
,
falsity
,
fault
,
faultiness
,
flaw
,
flawedness
,
flimflam
,
flimflammery
,
fond illusion
,
fooling
,
formal fallacy
,
hallucination
,
hamartia
,
heresy
,
heterodoxy
,
hoodwinking
,
hylotheism
,
hysteron proteron
,
illusion
,
inconsistency
,
insincere argument
,
insincerity
,
inveracity
,
jesuitism
,
jesuitry
,
kidding
,
logical fallacy
,
material fallacy
,
mere rhetoric
,
mirage
,
misapplication
,
misbelief
,
miscalculation
,
misconception
,
misconstruction
,
misdoing
,
misfeasance
,
misinterpretation
,
misjudgment
,
mistake
,
misunderstanding
,
moonshine
,
mystification
,
non sequitur
,
obfuscation
,
obscurantism
,
outwitting
,
overreaching
,
oversubtlety
,
pantheism
,
paralogism
,
peccancy
,
perversion
,
petitio principii
,
phantasm
,
philosophism
,
plausibility
,
plausibleness
,
pseudosyllogism
,
putting on
,
quibble
,
rationalization
,
self-contradiction
,
self-deception
,
sin
,
sinfulness
,
snow job
,
solecism
,
song and dance
,
sophism
,
sophistical reasoning
,
sophistication
,
sophistry
,
special pleading
,
speciosity
,
specious reasoning
,
speciousness
,
spoofery
,
spoofing
,
spuriousness
,
subterfuge
,
subtlety
,
swindling
,
trickiness
,
tricking
,
truthlessness
,
unorthodoxy
,
untrueness
,
untruth
,
untruthfulness
,
verbal fallacy
,
vicious circle
,
vicious reasoning
,
victimization
,
vision
,
weak point
,
willful misconception
,
wishful thinking
,
wrong
,
wrongness
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