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Meanings of false binary in English

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.

    ложная дихотомия
    Usage of false binary in English
    1
    That is a false binary.
    The South African
    2
    We also reject the false binary choice that you have presented to Parliament between a bad deal and no deal.
    Reuters
    3
    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
    4
    Even well-meaning defenders of Black mothering depend on these false binaries to support their arguments.
    Ebony
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    Translations for false binary
    Portuguese
    falsa dicotomia