argument from ignorance

noun

A fallacy where a proposition is assumed to be true because it has not yet been proved false, or vice versa.

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Meanings

nounargument from ignorance (plural arguments from ignorance)

plural arguments from ignorance

  1. A fallacy where a proposition is assumed to be true because it has not yet been proved false, or vice versa.
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