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[Noun] | "special pleading"
1: the allegation of special or new matter to offset the effect of matter pleaded by the opposite side and admitted, as distinguished from a direct denial of the matter pleaded
2: misleading argument that presents one point or phase as if it covered the entire question at issue
Origin: 1684 ;
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[ "Special Pleading" ]
1: Name of the mental mechanism that allows people to make exceptions to an otherwise self-accepted statement without being hounded by guilt.
* e.g., ... Special Pleading in action:
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