apex fallacy

noun

The informal fallacy of evaluating a population based only on its apex, its best members.

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Meanings

nounapex fallacy (plural apex fallacies)

plural apex fallacies

  1. The informal fallacy of evaluating a population based only on its apex, its best members.
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