blanket statement

noun

A type of fallacy from making an inductive conclusion with insufficient evidence; a kind of faulty generalization; underpowered generalization

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Meanings

nounblanket statement (plural blanket statements)

plural blanket statements

  1. A type of fallacy from making an inductive conclusion with insufficient evidence; a kind of faulty generalization; underpowered generalization
  2. A sentence wherein one wrongly assumes that one truth applies to a vast set of possibilities
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