bandwagon fallacy
The bandwagon fallacy is a logical fallacy in which someone argues that an idea or belief must be true or accepted because it is popular, often disregarding any evidence or logical reasoning.
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Related Concepts (21)
- advertising tactics
- appeals to popular opinion
- argumentation strategies
- argumentative fallacies
- cognitive biases
- error in reasoning
- fallacies in reasoning
- fallacious reasoning
- faulty reasoning
- influencing public opinion
- informal fallacies
- logical fallacies
- logical fallacy
- media manipulation
- persuasive techniques
- political campaigns
- propaganda techniques
- public opinion manipulation
- reasoning errors
- reasoning flaws
- simplistic reasoning
Similar Concepts
- ad populum fallacy
- appeal to tradition fallacy
- bandwagon effect
- bandwagon technique
- begging the question fallacy
- circular reasoning fallacy
- gambler's fallacy
- gamblers' fallacy
- hasty generalization fallacy
- regression fallacy
- slippery slope fallacy
- statistical fallacies
- statistical fallacy
- strawman fallacy
- the hasty generalization fallacy