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fallacies of composition

fallacies of composition is the plural of fallacy of composition.

Meaning of fallacy of composition

Noun

fallacy of composition (plural fallacies of composition)

  1. A presumption that if something is true of part(s) of a whole, then it is true of the whole itself.
    • A theorist who moves from the putative fact that every shot in a given nonfiction film represents a personal point-of-view to the conclusion that every nonfiction film is a personal vision commits the fallacy of composition.1996 March 29, Noël Carroll, Theorizing the Moving Image, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 229

Questions about fallacies of composition

What is fallacies of composition the plural of?
Fallacies of composition is the plural of fallacy of composition.

Words near fallacies of composition in the dictionary

  1. fall-time
  2. Falla
  3. Fallacara
  4. Fallacaras
  5. fallacies
  6. fallacies of composition
  7. fallacinol
  8. fallacious
  9. fallaciously
  10. fallaciousness
  11. fallacy

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