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petitio principii
pe·ti·ti·o prin·ci·pi·i
[
pə tìshee ō prin síppee
]
noun
Definition:
begging question:
logically fallacious reasoning in which what has to be proved is already assumed
[
< Latin, "assuming the first thing"
]
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