Usage of "fallacy of the excluded middle"

Russian

ложная дихотомия

Portuguese

falsa dicotomia

Spanish

falso dilema

Catalan

fals dilema

Informal fallacy involving falsely limited alternatives, when in fact there is at least one additional option.

argument to moderation

ложная дихотомия

Synonyms

Examples for "false dilemma"

Deciding what you want to do with the rest of your life at 18 is a totally false dilemma. 
 The Irish Times 

In a TV address, President Rousseff described the pitting of funding for the World Cup against funding for education and healthcare as " false dilemma". 
 BBC 

That is a false binary. 
 The South African 

We also reject the false binary choice that you have presented to Parliament between a bad deal and no deal. 
 Reuters 

The opposition, meanwhile, must avoid painting a fresh lockdown as a moral good: it will maroon itself on the wrong side of a false binary. 
 The Guardian 

Even well-meaning defenders of Black mothering depend on these false binaries to support their arguments. 
 Ebony 

Any company that suggests otherwise is peddling a false choice, Becerra said. 
 Reuters 

I reject this false choice between the PM's deal and 'no deal' chaos. 
 Reuters 

Barroso urged countries to avoid the false choice between fiscal stimulus or improved regulation. 
 Reuters 

A vote today between the status quo and leaving would be an entirely false choice. 
 The Guardian 

The present controversy should not result in a false choice between sports or hospital spending. 
 The Irish Times 

There was no middle ground, either for the technology or the sleeper. 
 Alien: Covenant 

We want them to reset the service… There is no middle ground. 
 Wired 

There is no grey area there, no middle ground nor ambiguity. 
 The Irish Times 

There's no middle ground, no short cuts-especiallywhen you're running against Hillary Clinton. 
 Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r... 

I mean there's no middle ground for us, the town has simply shut. 
 Radio NZ 

Plibersek says there is a false dichotomy between more funding and school reforms. 
 The Guardian 

This is a false dichotomy - an ideal climate is a stable one. 
 The Guardian 

This false dichotomy is straight from the cult of mindless optimism. 
 The Irish Times 

Kobach: There's a false dichotomy that constantly emerges when you see politicians talking about immigration. 
 Reuters 

But it is a false dichotomy - the Lumières' films were often just as fictitious. 
 The Guardian 

Without an emancipated Adult, life is an unbearable double bind for both. 
 I’m OK – You’re OK 

It's the embodiment of Gregory Bateson's double bind, each message perfectly negating the other. 
 The Guardian 

To be a working-class person of colour in this landscape is a double bind. 
 The Guardian 

But when you put black women in that category, you get the double bind. 
 NY Magazine 

And so they contend with a double bind: fear of failure and fear of success. 
 The Guardian 

Translations for fallacy of the excluded middle