| NOUN | communication | specious argument | an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious / fallacious |
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| Meaning | An argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious / fallacious. | |
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| Narrower | special pleading | An argument that ignores all unfavorable evidence |
| straw man, strawman | A weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted | |
| vicious circle | An argument that assumes that which is to be proved | |
| Broader | argument, statement | A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true |
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