Pseudoargument

Quick meaning: Pseudoargument is a noun meaning fallacious argument, incorrect argument.

Meaning

fallacious argument, incorrect argument.

Example Sentences

Begging the question — a pseudoargument that offers as proof the claim that the argument itself exists to prove; also known as circular reasoning.

And of course, if I did accept the premise, then I would not need to draw a conclusion by way of a pseudoargument. “How could anyone fall for such a simplistic argument?” you may ask. Let us not be too hasty in our condemnation.

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.

Word Forms

• pseudo-argument

Synonyms for pseudoargument

Depending on context, synonyms include misargument, non-argument.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include misargument, paralogism, fallacy, alogism, antilogic, pseudologic.

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