Pseudoargument

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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fallacyincorrect argumentlogical fallacymisargumentnon-argument

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

Etymology

From pseudo- + argument.

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