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noun
A rhetorical fallacy in which a speaker assumes that their opponent's argument is wrong, and instead of disproving it, condescendingly explains why their opponent would have come to that conclusion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
Coined by British writer, lay theologian, and scholar C. S. Lewis in 1941.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
