false analogy

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for false analogy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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