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- Weasel_word abstract "A weasel word (also, anonymous authority) is an informal term for words and phrases aimed at creating an impression that a specific and/or meaningful statement has been made, when in fact only a vague or ambiguous claim has been communicated, enabling the specific meaning to be denied if the statement is challenged. A more formal term is equivocation. The use of weasel words to avoid making an outright assertion is a synonym to tergiversate. Weasel words can imply meaning far beyond the claim actually being made. Some weasel words may also have the effect of softening the force of a potentially loaded or otherwise controversial statement through some form of understatement, for example using detensifiers such as "somewhat" or "in most respects".Weasel words are likely to be used in advertising and in political statements, where encouraging the audience to develop a misleading impression of what was said can lead to advantages, at least in the short term (in the longer term, systematic deception is likely to be identified, with a loss of trust in the speaker).".
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- Weasel_word wikiPageExternalLink www.weaselwords.com.au.
- Weasel_word wikiPageID "436363".
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- Weasel_word quote "*"A growing body of evidence..." *"People say..." *"It has been claimed that..." *"Critics claim..." *"Clearly..." *"It stands to reason that..." *"Questions have been raised..." *"I heard that..." *"There is evidence that..." *"Experience shows that..." *"It has been mentioned that..." *"Popular wisdom has it that..." *"Commonsense has it/insists that..." *"It is known that..." *"Officially known as..." *"It turns out that..." *"It was noted that..." *"Nobody else's product is better than ours." *"Studies show..." *"A recent study at a leading university..." *" came to be seen as..." *"Some argue..." *"Up to sixty percent..." *"More than seventy percent..." *"The vast majority..." ¹It is important that real examples do not in fact explain, at a later stage of the argument, what exactly is meant by "it turns out that"; the whole needs to be looked at before it can be decided that it is a weasel term.".
- Weasel_word title "Examples".
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- Weasel_word subject Category:Ambiguity.
- Weasel_word subject Category:Deception.
- Weasel_word subject Category:English_phrases.
- Weasel_word subject Category:Metaphors_referring_to_animals.
- Weasel_word subject Category:Pejoratives.
- Weasel_word subject Category:Political_terminology.
- Weasel_word subject Category:Propaganda_techniques_using_words.
- Weasel_word subject Category:Rhetorical_techniques.
- Weasel_word subject Category:Words_to_avoid.
- Weasel_word comment "A weasel word (also, anonymous authority) is an informal term for words and phrases aimed at creating an impression that a specific and/or meaningful statement has been made, when in fact only a vague or ambiguous claim has been communicated, enabling the specific meaning to be denied if the statement is challenged. A more formal term is equivocation. The use of weasel words to avoid making an outright assertion is a synonym to tergiversate.".
- Weasel_word label "Holle frase".
- Weasel_word label "Weasel word".
- Weasel_word label "Weasel word".
- Weasel_word label "Weasel word".
- Weasel_word label "Анонимный авторитет".
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- Weasel_word sameAs Q1969573.
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