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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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