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Thought-Terminating Cliché

Thought-Terminating Cliché

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A thought-terminating cliché is a form of loaded language – often passing as folk wisdom – intended to end an argument and bypass cognitive dissonance with a cliché rather than a point. Some such clichés are not inherently terminating and only become so when used to…

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Thought-Terminating Cliché

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A thought-terminating cliché is a form of loaded language – often passing as folk wisdom – intended to end an argument and bypass cognitive dissonance with a cliché rather than a point. Some such clichés are not inherently terminating and only become so when used to…

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