false analogy
false analogy · false analogies
An informal fallacy applying to inductive arguments, in which the similarity in one…An informal fallacy applying to inductive arguments, in which the similarity in one respect of two concepts, objects, or events is taken as sufficient to establish that they are similar in another respect in which they actually are dissimilar.
Meaning
1 sensesAn informal fallacy applying to inductive arguments, in which the similarity in one respect of two concepts, objects, or events is taken as sufficient to establish that they are similar in another respect in which they actually are dissimilar.
Your argument reposes on false analogies.
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plural: false analogies| Singular | false analogy |
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