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Noun
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Burden Of Proof Unlike many of the other fallacies, the burden of proof fallacy doesn’t serve to conjure up false narratives, nor to ignore or refute the points that have been made.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025 -
These are straw man fallacies, falsely implying that acknowledging and celebrating the full range of backgrounds, identities and family structures kids bring to the classroom will somehow crowd out instruction time.—
Heidi Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2025
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Recently recovered emails, messages, photos, and videos reveal the depths of the deception.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
9 June 2025
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Even commercial amusements that played with illusion, such as trompe l’oeil paintings and chess-playing automatons, helped train Americans of all classes to identify the signs of deception.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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But a prosecutor dismissed the statement as just the most recent in a string of falsehoods.—
Harriet Ryan,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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Trump repeats pro-Russian talking points, such as the falsehood that Ukraine started the war.—
German Lopez,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Although she was never formally diagnosed, E.A. believes Lewes may have experienced bipolar disorder, marked by episodes of extreme paranoia and delusions, which became more frequent as time went on.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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Valerie often allowed her vanity and delusion to stand in her way, but also has a certain purity in her desire for mainstream success; viewers on the show’s wavelength might alternately cringe, laugh and feel deeply for her over the course of just a few minutes.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
5 June 2025
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“Speciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speciousness. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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