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loaded question

A question that smuggles in an assumption, so any direct answer accepts it.

A loaded (or complex) question presupposes a claim that has not been established, so that answering it either way commits the answerer to that claim. The fix is to reject the presupposition instead of answering.

Examples

  • "Have you stopped wasting money on takeout?" assumes you were wasting money on takeout.

See also

false dilemma fallacy of presumption
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