What is another word for false dichotomy?

Pronunciation: [fˈɒls da͡ɪkˈɒtəmɪ] (IPA)

False dichotomy, also known as a false dilemma or false binary, is the practice of presenting an either/or scenario when other possibilities exist. Some synonyms for this flawed reasoning include black-and-white thinking, either/or fallacy, binary thinking, dualistic thinking, oversimplification, reductionism, and absolute thinking. These terms all refer to the same logic error, which limits the available options and ignores the complexity of reality. By recognizing false dichotomies, we can broaden our perspective and consider alternate solutions. It is essential to avoid this fallacy in decision-making, problem-solving, and critical thinking, as it can lead to incomplete or inaccurate conclusions.

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What are the hypernyms for False dichotomy?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    fallacy, logical fallacy, false assumption, binary thinking, either/or thinking, false premise, logical mistake.

Famous quotes with False dichotomy

  • Voter fraud is relatively easy to commit thanks to the Clinton era “Motor-Voter” law that forces welfare offices to register voters while at the same time forbidding officials from demanding proof of U.S. citizenship. Marxists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven were instrumental in the passage of the law by Congress. Cloward didn't care about fraud. "It's better to have a little bit of fraud than to leave people off the rolls who belong there," he said, spouting a false dichotomy.
    Matthew Vadum
  • [T]his theme of mutually invisible life at widely differing scales bears an important implication for the “culture wars” that supposedly now envelop our universities and our intellectual discourse in general […]. One side of this false dichotomy features the postmodern relativists who argue that all culturally bound modes of perception must be equally valid, and that no factual truth therefore exists. The other side includes the benighted, old-fashioned realists who insist that flies truly have two wings, and that Shakespeare really did mean what he thought he was saying. The principle of scaling provides a resolution for the false parts of this silly dichotomy. Facts are facts and cannot be denied by any rational being. (Often, facts are also not at all easy to determine or specify—but this question raises different issues for another time.) Facts, however, may also be highly scale dependent—and the perceptions of one world may have no validity or expression in the domain of another. The one-page map of Maine cannot recognize the separate boulders of Acadia, but both provide equally valid representations of a factual coastline.
    Stephen Jay Gould

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