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no true Scotsman

logical fallacy
Class type of: equivocation Q932791

Facts

2 properties
Subclass of
equivocation[2]
Named after
Scotsman[1]
🏷️ Also known as
en appeal to purity en no true Scotsman ar مغالطة الاسكتلندي غير الحقيقي da Ingen sand skotte de No true Scotsman de Kein wahrer Schotte de Kein echter Schotte el Ουδείς αληθινός Σκώτος es falacia del escocés es falacia del escoces es falacia del verdadero escoces es falacia del verdadero escocés es ningun escoces verdadero es ningun escocés verdadero es ningún escoces verdadero es ningún escocés verdadero fa اسکاتلندی واقعی fi Yksikään todellinen skotti fr sophisme du vrai Écossais he שום סקוטי אמיתי
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/04h1l
Quora topic ID
No-True-Scotsman
RationalWiki ID
No_True_Scotsman
TV Tropes ID
Main/NoTrueScotsman

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Subclass of 1
equivocation
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