goomba fallacy
goomba fallacy is the alternative letter-case form of Goomba fallacy.
Noun capitalized: Goomba fallacy
Goomba fallacy (plural Goomba fallacies)
- A logical fallacy that occurs when someone sees contradictory opinions expressed by members of a group and mistakenly believes that those people are being hypocritical, when in reality those contradictory opinions were expressed by separate individuals.
Forms of goomba fallacy
| plural | goomba fallacies |
|---|---|
| plural | Goomba fallacies |
| alternative form | goomba fallacy |
Origin of goomba fallacy
Named after a fictional species (Goomba) from Nintendo's Mario franchise. The term references an Internet meme depicting the fallacy using Goombas posted to Twitter by @supersylvie_ on January 29, 2024.
Questions about goomba fallacy
- What does goomba fallacy mean?
- Goomba fallacy means a logical fallacy that occurs when someone sees contradictory opinions expressed by members of a group and mistakenly believes that those people are being hypocritical, when in reality those contradictory opinions were expressed by separate individuals.
- What is goomba fallacy the alternative letter-case form of?
- Goomba fallacy is the alternative letter-case form of Goomba fallacy.
- What part of speech is goomba fallacy?
- Goomba fallacy is a noun.
- What is the plural of goomba fallacy?
- The plural of goomba fallacy is goomba fallacies.
Words near goomba fallacy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: goomba fallacy (page history and authors); Goomba fallacy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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