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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Propaganda, Ignorance, Barriers to critical thinking, Dilemmas
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false dilemma  False Either/Or Fallacy  Bifurcation fallacies  bifurcation fallacy  Black-and-white fallacy
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A false dilemma, also referred to as false dichotomy or false binary, is an informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are available. Wikipedia
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A false dilemma, also referred to as false dichotomy or false binary, is an informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are available. Wikipedia
Informal fallacy involving falsely limited alternatives, when in fact there is at least one additional option Wikidata
A situation in which two opposing options are presented as the only possibilities, when others are available. Wiktionary
Logical fallacy. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
correlative-based fallacies
HAS KIND
nirvana fallacy
OPPOSITE OF
Argument to moderation
USES
exclusive or
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false dilemma
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false dilemma
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false dilemma
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Bifurcation fallacies, Bifurcation fallacy, Black-and-white fallacy, Black-or-white fallacies, Black-or-white fallacy, Black or white thinking, denying a conjunct, Either-or fallacy, Either/or fallacies, Either/or fallacy, Either or fallacy, Falese dichotomy, Fallacies of exhaustive hypotheses, Fallacies of the excluded middle, Fallacies of the false alternative, fallacy of bifurcation, Fallacy of exhaustive hypotheses, Fallacy of the excluded middle, Fallacy of the false alternative, Fallacy of the false dichotomy, False alternative, false binary, false choice, False choices, false dichotomies, false dichotomy, false dichotomy', False dichotomy fallacy, False Dichotomy Syndrome, False dichtomy, False dicotomy, False dilema, False Dilemma, false dilemmas, False dillema, False either/or, False Either/Or Fallacy, False Either/Or fallacy, false trilemma, Invalid disjunction, Invalid disjunctions, Logical fallacy/False dilemma, No middle ground
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bifurcation fallacy, black-or-white fallacy, denying a conjunct, double bind, either/or fallacy, fallacy of exhaustive hypotheses, fallacy of the excluded middle, fallacy of the false alternative, false binary, false choice, false dichotomy, invalid disjunction, no middle ground

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