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Noun Concept

Categories: All self-contradictory articles, Inductive fallacies, Metaphors referring to places, Causal fallacies, Rhetorical techniques

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A slippery slope fallacy, in logic, critical thinking, political rhetoric, and caselaw, is a fallacious argument in which a party asserts that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant effect. Wikipedia

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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 Wikidata

A chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted; especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable or precarious. Wiktionary

Chain of events. Wiktionary (translation)

Argument that follows a chain of events to some conclusion. Wiktionary (translation)

I think basing your actions off an assumption like that is a slippery slope that is going to get you in trouble. Wiktionary

IS A

informal fallacy

DIFFERENT FROM

converse accident

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slippery slope

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slippery slope