Equivocation Fallacy Explained, With Examples
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Equivocation Fallacy Explained, With Examples
Weasel Words : Phrases that appear to have meaning but convey nothing tangible. “Growth was solid last quarter,” or “Many people believe.”
Morgan Housel • 100 Little Ideas
irony—exploiting gaps between what’s said and what’s meant, between how things try to appear and how they really are—is the time-honored way artists seek to illuminate and explode hypocrisy.
David Foster Wallace • A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
Weasel words — ou palavras evasivas — são termos ou expressões que são vagos ou ambíguos, usados para evitar fazer uma afirmação clara e direta. Eles muitas vezes servem para enganar ou manipular a percepção do ouvinte ou leitor, permitindo que o falante se distancie de uma posição firme.
A expressão "muita gente diz" é um exemplo de weasel words, p
... See moreAn ambiguous term (“equivocal,” in the language of logic) is one which has more than a single meaning and whose context does not clearly indicate which meaning is intended.