# false attribution

> specific fallacy where an advocate appeals to an irrelevant, unqualified, unidentified, biased, or fabricated source in support of an argument

**Wikidata**: [Q5432682](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5432682)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_attribution)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/false-attribution