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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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