false premise
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffalseandpremise
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false
adjective
uk/fɒls/us/fɑːls/
not real, but made to look or ...
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premise
noun[C]
uk/ˈprem.ɪs/us/ˈprem.ɪs/
an idea or theory on which a statement or action ...
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(Definition offalseandpremisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffalse premise
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The point is not that the registers contradict other evidence, but that they have been used as evidence on afalsepremise.
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On the biological side, the argument fails because it requires thefalsepremisethat all the things that have form have function.
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The unions may, however, be basing this view on afalsepremise.
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Nevertheless, given this neoclassical value judgement the argument is consistent, even if based on afalsepremise.
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The debate at some level reveals its ownfalsepremise.
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Aside from the fact that the idea of history having a linear trajectory is itself potentially historicist, the objection is arguably based on afalsepremise.
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The great danger about political argument is that one either goes on afalsepremiseor on a false analogy.
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This dream, this false ideal, is afalsepremiseof an imposed balance of voting strength.
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In fact the amendment is based upon afalsepremise.
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I also accept that they do so on the basis of afalsepremise.
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That requirement is based on thefalsepremisethat all registered producers operate similarly under the scheme.
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He is trying to draw a false deduction from afalsepremise.
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However, it is based on thefalsepremisethat disclosure goes hand in hand with the genuine interest of those who need the information.
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The whole history of recent legislation tends to refute thisfalsepremise.
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That he put in the forefront of his argument, and to my mind it demonstrates that the argument was based on an entirelyfalsepremise.
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He made use of that example by relying on afalsepremise.
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We start with afalsepremise, namely, this clause.
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It is afalsepremisethat experts are some inferior breed beyond the law.
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Is it not the case that the original agreement was based on a demonstrablyfalsepremise—namely, that the developed world would always require more textiles?
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