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pseudoargument

pseudoargument noun: fallacious argument, incorrect argument.

Noun

pseudoargument

  1. fallacious argument, incorrect argument
    • Begging the question — a pseudoargument that offers as proof the claim that the argument itself exists to prove; also known as circular reasoning.1990, Stuart Hirchberg, Strategies of Argument
    • Their main pseudoargument held that Genesis literalism is not religion at all, but really an alternative form of science not acknowledged by professional biologists too hidebound and dogmatic to appreciate the cutting edge of their own discipline.1991, Stephen Jay Gould, Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History
    Synonyms:
    incorrect argument, misargument, non-argument

Synonyms of pseudoargument

Forms of pseudoargument

alternative formpseudo-argument

Origin of pseudoargument

From pseudo- + argument.

Questions about pseudoargument

What does pseudoargument mean?
Pseudoargument means fallacious argument, incorrect argument.
What part of speech is pseudoargument?
Pseudoargument is a noun.

Words near pseudoargument in the dictionary

  1. pseudoarchaism
  2. pseudoarchaisms
  3. pseudoarchaist
  4. pseudoarchaists
  5. pseudoarcheology
  6. pseudoargument
  7. pseudoaristocratic
  8. pseudoaromatic
  9. pseudoarthroses
  10. pseudoarthrosis
  11. pseudoarthrotic

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