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Meanings of false choice in English
Informal fallacy involving falsely limited alternatives, when in fact there is at least one additional option.
Synonyms
Examples for "false dilemma"
Examples for "false dilemma"
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Deciding what you want to do with the rest of your life at 18 is a totally false dilemma.
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In a TV address, President Rousseff described the pitting of funding for the World Cup against funding for education and healthcare as " false dilemma".
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That is a false binary.
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We also reject the false binary choice that you have presented to Parliament between a bad deal and no deal.
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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.
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Even well-meaning defenders of Black mothering depend on these false binaries to support their arguments.
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There was no middle ground, either for the technology or the sleeper.
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We want them to reset the service… There is no middle ground.
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There is no grey area there, no middle ground nor ambiguity.
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There's no middle ground, no short cuts-especiallywhen you're running against Hillary Clinton.
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I mean there's no middle ground for us, the town has simply shut.
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Plibersek says there is a false dichotomy between more funding and school reforms.
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This is a false dichotomy - an ideal climate is a stable one.
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This false dichotomy is straight from the cult of mindless optimism.
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Kobach: There's a false dichotomy that constantly emerges when you see politicians talking about immigration.
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But it is a false dichotomy - the Lumières' films were often just as fictitious.
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Without an emancipated Adult, life is an unbearable double bind for both.
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It's the embodiment of Gregory Bateson's double bind, each message perfectly negating the other.
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To be a working-class person of colour in this landscape is a double bind.
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But when you put black women in that category, you get the double bind.
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And so they contend with a double bind: fear of failure and fear of success.
Usage of false choice in English
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Any company that suggests otherwise is peddling a false choice, Becerra said.
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I reject this false choice between the PM's deal and 'no deal' chaos.
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Barroso urged countries to avoid the false choice between fiscal stimulus or improved regulation.
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A vote today between the status quo and leaving would be an entirely false choice.
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The present controversy should not result in a false choice between sports or hospital spending.
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Realism v idealism is a false choice, he says.
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The risk is that Europe gets locked into a false choice between growth and deficit reduction.
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They knew of nothing to guide them, yet a false choice would almost certainly be fatal.
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That is a false choice, a false dichotomy.
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But (the government) wants to create a false choice here, and that's not the answer.
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That was a false choice, Hutchinson said.
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People are sick of the false choice between the established political parties who take voters for granted.
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That is a completely false choice.
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This is occurring amid a public debate too often framed by a false choice about diversity in higher education.
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Those who pushed Ukraine to choose between Russia and the West were offering a " false choice," she said.
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Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street, December 4, 2018 It's a false choice to say it's the PM's deal or chaos.
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Translations for false choice
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