Pseudodebate

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something presented as a debate in which there is no real disagreement.

    "In Constitutional Fate, Bobbitt argues that the controversy over the legitimacy of judicial review is a pseudodebate, driven largely by a false picture of the nature of argument in constitutional law."

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"In Constitutional Fate, Bobbitt argues that the controversy over the legitimacy of judicial review is a pseudodebate, driven largely by a false picture of the nature of argument in constitutional law."

Etymology

From pseudo- + debate.

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