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Meanings of slippery slope argument in English

Portuguese
bola de neve
Catalan
efecte bola de neu
Spanish
pendiente resbaladiza

Logical fallacy in which a party asserts that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant effect.

bola de neve
Usage of slippery slope argument in English
1
But proponents of the slippery slope argument must be asking: where will it all end?
The Guardian
2
Slippery slope arguments have some force but this judgment comes with crampons.
The Guardian
3
Slippery slope arguments might be seen as a way in which consequentialists can reimport a form of indirect absolutism.
The god delusion
4
Slippery slope arguments could therefore lead us to give the moment of birth more significance than utilitarianism, narrowly interpreted, would prefer.
The god delusion