Category

Appeals to emotion

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wishful thinking

decision-making based on what might be pleasing to imagine, rather than on evidence or rationality

appeal to tradition

Logical Fallacy

fallacy in which someone tries to win support for an argument or idea by exploiting their opponent's feelings of pity or guilt

appeal to consequences

appeal to emotion

logical fallacy characterized by the manipulation of the recipient's emotions in order to win an argument, especially in the absence of factual evidence

think of the children

a cliché that evolved into a rhetorical tactic

appeal to novelty

fallacy in which someone prematurely claims that an idea or proposal is correct or superior, exclusively because it is new and modern

fallacy in which a person attempts to create support for an idea by using deception and propaganda in attempts to increase fear and prejudice toward a competitor

not invented here

dysfunctional institutional culture that eschews reusing products or ideas of external origin

appeal to flattery

fallacy in which a person uses flattery, excessive compliments, in an attempt to win support for their side

appeal to ridicule

informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd

appeal to spite

fallacy in which someone attempts to win favor for an argument by exploiting existing feelings of bitterness, spite, or schadenfreude in the opposing party

in-group favoritism

pattern of favoring members of one's in-group over out-group members

atrocity propaganda

the spreading of deliberate fabrications or exaggerations about the crimes committed by an enemy

Island mentality

Self-perceived superiority within isolated communities

wisdom of repugnance