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slippery slopes

slippery slopes is the plural of slippery slope.

Meaning of slippery slope

Noun

slippery slope (plural slippery slopes)

  1. (figuratively) A chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted; especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable or precarious.
    • I think basing your actions off an assumption like that is a slippery slope that is going to get you in trouble.
  2. (broadly) A logical fallacy in which a party asserts that a particular result will probably follow from a given decision or circumstance, without necessarily providing any rational argument for the likelihood of the assumed consequence.

Questions about slippery slopes

What is slippery slopes the plural of?
Slippery slopes is the plural of slippery slope.

Words near slippery slopes in the dictionary

  1. slippery sequence
  2. slippery sequences
  3. slippery slide
  4. slippery slides
  5. slippery slope
  6. slippery slopes
  7. slippest
  8. slippeth
  9. slippier
  10. slippiest
  11. slippily

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