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单词 fallacy of composition
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Definition of fallacy of composition in English:

fallacy of composition

nounPlural fallacies of composition
  • The error of assuming that what is true of a member of a group is true for the group as a whole.

    组合谬误,汇总错误

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Searle argues that this objection involves a fallacy of composition, confusing the properties of a system with those of its parts.
    • Neither liberals nor conservatives are any more prone to prejudice than other groups and to argue otherwise is, in my opinion, an example of committing the fallacy of composition.
    • While distributional changes between regions can occur at a given level of economic activity, it is a fallacy of composition to assume that all regions can lift themselves without a buoyant aggregate climate.
    • It is an example of what economists call the fallacy of composition: because something can work at one scale is no reason to apply it at another.
    • It is a fallacy of composition to suppose that aggregate wealth can be measured by summing business wealth, for every credit is balanced by a corresponding debit.

Definition of fallacy of composition in US English:

fallacy of composition

noun
  • The error of assuming that what is true of a member of a group is true for the group as a whole.

    组合谬误,汇总错误

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is a fallacy of composition to suppose that aggregate wealth can be measured by summing business wealth, for every credit is balanced by a corresponding debit.
    • Searle argues that this objection involves a fallacy of composition, confusing the properties of a system with those of its parts.
    • It is an example of what economists call the fallacy of composition: because something can work at one scale is no reason to apply it at another.
    • While distributional changes between regions can occur at a given level of economic activity, it is a fallacy of composition to assume that all regions can lift themselves without a buoyant aggregate climate.
    • Neither liberals nor conservatives are any more prone to prejudice than other groups and to argue otherwise is, in my opinion, an example of committing the fallacy of composition.
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