English words for 'A fallacy that opposes another fallacy.'
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adj
adv
noun
- Ellipsis of argumentum ad hominem: A fallacious objection to an argument or factual claim by appealing to a characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim; an attempt to argue against an opponent's idea by discrediting the opponent themselves.
- (informal) A personal attack.
noun
- An argument which is controversial and more difficult to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).
- (in certain proper names) A prison or court of justice.
- The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
- The outer wall of a feudal castle.
- the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle
- the outer courtyard of a castle
noun
- (uncountable) Plausible yet fallacious argumentation or reasoning.
- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
- (countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so.
- (uncountable, historical) The actions or arguments of a sophist.
adj
- That contradicts something, such as an argument.
- Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious.
- That is diametrically opposed to something.
- Mutually exclusive.
- That is itself a contradiction.
- of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false
- unable for both to exist or be true at the same time
- in disagreement
- that confounds or contradicts or confuses
noun
noun
- the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
- reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in ‘bred and born’)
- An inversion or reversal of the natural order of things.
- (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a phrase that should come last is put first; hysterology.
adj
- containing or based on a fallacy
- not in good condition; damaged or decayed
- of e.g. advice
- suffering from severe mental illness
- not sound financially
- physically unsound or diseased
- (especially of equestrianism) Infirm, diseased.
- (UK, especially of people) Not good, unreliable.
- Not whole, not solid, defective.
noun
- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
- (countable) An intentional fallacy.
- (countable) A flawed argument, superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive.
- (uncountable, historical) The school of the sophists in antiquity; their beliefs and method of teaching philosophy and rhetoric.
- (uncountable) Sophistic, fallacious reasoning or argumentation.
- (countable, rare) Wisdom and knowledge.
noun
- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
- being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
- the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
- uplifting enlightenment
- falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies
- Falsification, contamination.
- Ability to deal with complexity.
- Deceptive logic; sophistry.
- Complexity.
- Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire.
- Enlightenment or education.
noun
- A statement, designed to refute or negate specific arguments put forward by opponents.
- The act of contradicting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.
- (law) A pleading by a defendant in reply to the evidence put forward by a plaintiff or the prosecution.
- the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument
- (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
noun
- (logic) A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.
- A situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one.
- one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first
- an argument that assumes that which is to be proved
noun
- An argument which is controversial and more difficult to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).
- (in certain proper names) A prison or court of justice.
- The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
- The outer wall of a feudal castle.
- the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle
- the outer courtyard of a castle
noun
- (uncountable) Plausible yet fallacious argumentation or reasoning.
- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
- (countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so.
- (uncountable, historical) The actions or arguments of a sophist.
noun
- the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
- reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in ‘bred and born’)
- An inversion or reversal of the natural order of things.
- (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a phrase that should come last is put first; hysterology.
noun
- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
- (countable) An intentional fallacy.
- (countable) A flawed argument, superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive.
- (uncountable, historical) The school of the sophists in antiquity; their beliefs and method of teaching philosophy and rhetoric.
- (uncountable) Sophistic, fallacious reasoning or argumentation.
- (countable, rare) Wisdom and knowledge.
noun
- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
- being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
- the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
- uplifting enlightenment
- falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies
- Falsification, contamination.
- Ability to deal with complexity.
- Deceptive logic; sophistry.
- Complexity.
- Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire.
- Enlightenment or education.
noun
- A statement, designed to refute or negate specific arguments put forward by opponents.
- The act of contradicting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.
- (law) A pleading by a defendant in reply to the evidence put forward by a plaintiff or the prosecution.
- the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument
- (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
noun
- (logic) A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.
- A situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one.
- one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first
- an argument that assumes that which is to be proved
adj
adv
noun
- Ellipsis of argumentum ad hominem: A fallacious objection to an argument or factual claim by appealing to a characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim; an attempt to argue against an opponent's idea by discrediting the opponent themselves.
- (informal) A personal attack.
adj
- That contradicts something, such as an argument.
- Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious.
- That is diametrically opposed to something.
- Mutually exclusive.
- That is itself a contradiction.
- of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false
- unable for both to exist or be true at the same time
- in disagreement
- that confounds or contradicts or confuses
noun
adj
- containing or based on a fallacy
- not in good condition; damaged or decayed
- of e.g. advice
- suffering from severe mental illness
- not sound financially
- physically unsound or diseased
- (especially of equestrianism) Infirm, diseased.
- (UK, especially of people) Not good, unreliable.
- Not whole, not solid, defective.