false dilemma

collocation in English

meaningsoffalseanddilemma

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false
adjective
uk
/fɒls/us
/fɑːls/
not real, but made to look or ...
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dilemma
noun[C]
uk
/daɪˈlem.ə/us
/daɪˈlem.ə/
a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two different things you ...
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(Definition offalseanddilemmafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffalse dilemma

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However, he has set up afalsedilemmaby claiming that theistic union and monistic identity are the only options concerning the issue of classifying mystical union.
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Smart's work has been made use of by other writers who attack thefalsedilemma: either the hermeneutics of suspicion or the hermeneutics of recollection.
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Scott's objection is afalsedilemma.
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It is afalsedilemmato present this debate as being about the protection of society or the welfare of the child.
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I think he has raised afalsedilemma.
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I repeat that this is an entirelyfalsedilemma.
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Let us be sure that no muddle-headedness is going to produce afalsedilemma, where we shall have so many real dilemmas to resolve.
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That seems to me to be afalsedilemma.
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There should be symmetric financing, as there is afalsedilemmain opposing both, and it should be smart financing.
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We must move right away from thefalsedilemmabetween solidarity and competitiveness because they are not incompatible.
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Europe will need to resolve thefalsedilemmathat exists of having to choose between the economy and social and environmental considerations.
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It is, therefore, afalsedilemmato say that we must either once and for all abolish capital punishment, or return docilely to legislation which no one regards as perfect.
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I think that is afalsedilemma.
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This is a whollyfalsedilemma.
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It is sometimes interpreted as a splitting or afalsedilemma, which is an informal fallacy.
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Causal oversimplification is a specific kind offalsedilemmawhere conjoint possibilities are ignored.
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It is the opposite of thefalsedilemma, which is denying other alternatives.
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That is, it is syllogism based on false or misleading premises and is a form of afalsedilemma.
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It is also argued that even if evidence against evolution exists, it is afalsedilemmato characterize this as evidence "for" intelligent design.
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In case of a simple yes or no question, people who pick no are often persecuted, thus making the yes choice the only option (falsedilemma).
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