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Question containing an unjustified assumption
A loaded question is a form of complex question that contains a controversial assumption (e.g., a presumption of guilt). Such questions may be used as
Loaded_question
Question that has a built-in supposition
presupposition includes an admission of wrongdoing, it is called a "loaded question" and is a form of entrapment in legal trials or debates. The presupposition
Complex_question
Logic founded on unproven premises
which a term may be poorly defined Loaded question – Question containing an unjustified assumption Open-question argument – Philosophical argument Polysyllogism –
Begging_the_question
Fallacy of many questions (complex question, fallacy of presuppositions, loaded question, plurium interrogationum) – someone asks a question that presupposes
List_of_fallacies
Topics referred to by the same term
Israeli show Mesudarim Loaded dice made for cheating Loaded language, as in a "loaded question" Loaded baked potato, containing many ingredients Loader (disambiguation)
Loaded
Rhetorical tactic and potential fallacy
loaded term – much like the word "normal", in some contexts, it can carry an implicit value judgment. An appeal to nature would thus beg the question
Appeal_to_nature
Journalistic adage on questions in headlines
List of eponymous laws – Adages and sayings named after a person Loaded question – Question containing an unjustified assumption Betteridge 2009. Bloch 1991
Betteridge's_law_of_headlines
Request for information
the website said it was open until 10 o'clock. Loaded questions (a special case of complex questions), such as "Have you stopped beating your wife?"
Question
Question that suggests a particular answer
yes–no questions are leading). Leading questions are distinct from loaded questions, which are objectionable because they contain implicit assumptions
Leading_question
Informal logical fallacy
starts a war against a fellow democracy. Ad hoc hypothesis Begging the question Epistemic commitment Equivocation List of fallacies Motte-and-bailey fallacy
No_true_Scotsman
Type of trolling or harassment
sealioning is the "Just Asking Questions" tactic, which frames false or misleading statements in the form of questions. Sealioning has been described
Sealioning
Form of incorrect argument and informal fallacy
reasoning is a fallacy of relevance: it fails to address the proposition in question by misrepresenting the opposing position. For example: Quoting an opponent's
Straw_man
Questions with fixed responses available
never took it) or "Who told you to take heroin?"; see "loaded question" and "leading question". A study by the University of Cincinnati found 20 to 40
Closed-ended_question
Parable by French economist Frédéric Bastiat
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Parable_of_the_broken_window
Type of informal fallacy
Complex question Fallacy of many questions Implicature Leading question Loaded question Mu (negative) Persuasive definition Poisoning the well Presupposition
Double-barreled_question
Fallacious approach to mislead an audience
herring is something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question. It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers
Red_herring
Fallacy of treating an abstraction as if it were a real thing
a direct and explicit ascription of life and sentience to the thing in question, whereas the pathetic fallacy is much broader and more allusive. The animistic
Reification_(fallacy)
Type of fallacious argument (logical fallacy)
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Affirming_the_consequent
Internet adage about Nazi comparisons
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Godwin's_law
Type of informal fallacy
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Motte-and-bailey_fallacy
Rhetoric used to influence an audience
If-by-whiskey Illocutionary act Intension Language of thought hypothesis Loaded question Markedness Neuro-linguistic programming Newspeak Obfuscation Parsing
Loaded_language
Internet rage incitement technique
trustworthiness. Betteridge's law of headlines – Journalistic adage on questions in headlines Chumbox – Form of online advertising Digital display advertising –
Rage-baiting
Logical fallacy of inconsistency
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
False_equivalence
Figure of speech
it. Aporia Hypothetical question Suggestive question Complex question Presupposition Double-barreled question Loaded question Implicature Performative
Rhetorical_question
Exclusive reliance on quantitative observations in decision-making
quantifiable with his famous "There are unknown unknowns" answer to a question posed at a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) news briefing on February 12
McNamara_fallacy
Management attitude for innovation or development
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Not_invented_here
Formal fallacy
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Association_fallacy
Statistical fallacy
had an ex ante, or prior, expectation of the particular relationship in question before examining the data. For example, before examining the information
Texas_sharpshooter_fallacy
Logical fallacy
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Argument_from_authority
Attacking the person rather than their argument
referring to a class of sophistry that applies an ambiguously worded question about people to a specific person. The proper refutation, he wrote, is
Ad_hominem
Unclear communication
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Obfuscation
Board game
Loaded Questions is a question-based board game created by Eric Poses in 1996. The game emphasizes socializing. Recommend 4-6 players (but can be played
Loaded_Questions_(game)
Informal fallacy
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Argument_from_ignorance
Evidence relying on personal testimony
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Anecdotal_evidence
Faulty deductive reasoning due to a logical flaw
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Formal_fallacy
Overused, unoriginal phrase or opinion
short, generic truisms that offer seemingly simple answers to complex questions or that distract attention away from other lines of thought. They are
Cliché
Fallacy regarding hypocrisy
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Tu_quoque
Formal fallacy, aka Linda Problem
wording and framing. The question of the Linda problem may violate conversational maxims in that people assume that the question obeys the maxim of relevance
Conjunction_fallacy
Fallacy of assumption of causation based on sequence of events
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc
Purported fallacy in explaining good reductively
570 and 590 nanometers, because yellow is all that and more, by the open question argument. Some people use the phrase, naturalistic fallacy or appeal to
Naturalistic_fallacy
Idea that everyone faces consequence as they deserve
extending Stanley Milgram's work on obedience. He sought to answer the questions of how regimes that cause cruelty and suffering maintain popular support
Just-world_fallacy
Fallacy of claiming the majority is always correct
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Argumentum_ad_populum
Misleading use of a term with multiple meanings
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Equivocation
Fallacy of inferring on the whole from a part
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Fallacy_of_composition
Logical fallacy in which the conclusion provides the premise
for the conclusion. Circular reasoning is closely related to begging the question, and in modern usage the two generally refer to the same thing. Circular
Circular_reasoning
Type of formal fallacy
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Appeal_to_probability
Formal fallacy in statistical interpretation
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Ecological_fallacy
Informal logical fallacy
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Appeal_to_emotion
Logical fallacy
policy is undesirable. Another type of reductio ad Hitlerum is asking a question of the form "You know who else...?" with the deliberate intent of impugning
Reductio_ad_Hitlerum
Informal fallacy involving falsely limited alternatives
Half-truth Hobson's choice Law of excluded middle Lewis' trilemma Loaded question Love–hate relationship Many-valued logic Morton's fork Mutually exclusive
False_dilemma
Deceit in which one states a truth that is irrelevant or implies a falsehood
debate, in the informal fallacy of the loaded question. A common way out of this argument is not to answer the question (e.g. with a simple 'yes' or 'no')
Evasion_(ethics)
Logical fallacy
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Denying_the_antecedent
Apparent, but false, correlation between causally-independent variables
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Spurious_relationship
Metaphor originating from goal sports
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Moving_the_goalposts
Form of incorrect argument in natural language
composition and division, the false dilemma, the fallacy of begging the question, the ad hominem fallacy and the appeal to ignorance. There is no general
Informal_fallacy
Informal fallacy that the truth is always a compromise
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Argument_to_moderation
Informal logical fallacy
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Argument_from_incredulity
Mistakenly drawing statistical inference from independent events
participants had received any prior education regarding probability. The question asked was: "Ronni flipped a coin three times and in all cases heads came
Gambler's_fallacy
Informal fallacy in comparing actualities with ideals
May 15, 2017. Browne, M Neil; Keeley, Stuart M (2004). Asking the right questions: a guide to critical thinking (7th. ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson
Nirvana_fallacy
Discussion that has continued to the point of nausea
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Ad_nauseam
Rhetorical argument
the very end of the sequence. The idea is that as soon as the agent in question takes the first step he will be impelled forward through the sequence,
Slippery_slope
Conclusion made on the basis of one or few instances of a phenomenon
Logical fallacy Pooh-pooh – Fallacy in informal logic Problem of induction – Question of whether inductive reasoning leads to definitive knowledge Statistical
Faulty_generalization
Type of informal fallacy
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Poisoning_the_well
Colloquial version of Russell's paradox
this paradox has no solution, as no such barber can exist. The question is a loaded question in that it assumes the existence of a barber who could not exist
Barber_paradox
Assertion without proof
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Ipse_dixit
Informal fallacy
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Special_pleading
Distraction technique and anti-debate tactic
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Tone_policing
Argument that uses faulty reasoning
presenting an argument that may be sound but fails to address the issue in question. An argument from silence is a faulty conclusion that is drawn based on
Fallacy
Psychological defense mechanism
differentiate the original deterministic explanation of the behavior or feeling in question.[failed verification] Quintilian and classical rhetoric used the term color
Rationalization_(psychology)
Type of logical fallacy
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Bulverism
Logical reasoning method
direction, their causes might. So this falsifies the statement but begs the question. Finally, Hume provides many possible "unintended consequences" of the
Argument_from_analogy
Methods of mind manipulation, often based on logical fallacies
sought the extermination of the German people. Appeal to prejudice Using loaded or emotive terms to attach value or moral goodness to believing the proposition
Propaganda_techniques
Informal fallacy
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Argumentum_ad_crumenam
Rhetorical device or literal parade with grotesque costumes
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Parade_of_horribles
Bias towards recently acquired information
on the content of their recall if its implications are not called into question by the difficulty they have in recalling it. In the late 1960s and early
Availability_heuristic
Fallacy that since an argument contains a logical fallacy, its conclusion must be false
all is present. Thus in some contexts it may be a form of begging the question, and it is also a special case of ad lapidem. Argument from ignorance (argumentum
Argument_from_fallacy
Informal fallacy and propaganda strategy
distract from the content of a topic (red herring). The goal may also be to question the justification for criticism and the legitimacy, integrity, and fairness
Whataboutism
Fallacy of incomplete evidence
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Cherry_picking
American drama television series
network tie". Life. USA Today. April 18, 1990. p. 3D. "'Caroline?' a hit, no question". Life. USA Today. May 2, 1990. p. 3D. "Sunday night sinks NBC". Life.
Life_Goes_On_(TV_series)
Method of interrogation using psychological manipulation
investigators from presuming a suspect's guilt. Loaded question PEACE method of interrogation Suggestive question Orlando, James. "Interrogation Techniques"
Reid_technique
Credit for a work given to the wrong person
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
False_attribution
Logical paradox from vague predicates
that only one grain remains and if it is still a heap. If not, then the question asks when it changed from a heap to a non-heap. The word sorites (Ancient
Sorites_paradox
Type of logical fallacy
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Appeal_to_pity
Logic error due to ignoring the base rate
probabilistic and statistical problems: A matter of information structure and question form". Cognition. 78 (3): 247–276. doi:10.1016/S0010-0277(00)00133-5. PMID 11124351
Base_rate_fallacy
Type of uncertainty of meaning where several interpretations are possible
University Press. doi:10.7765/9781526173850. ISBN 978-1-5261-7385-0. "Questions and Answers on Lojban". www.lojban.org. Retrieved 29 March 2026. Postic
Ambiguity
Logical fallacy
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Appeal_to_fear
Type of informal fallacy
presenting an argument whose conclusion fails to address the issue in question. It falls into the broad class of relevance fallacies. The irrelevant conclusion
Irrelevant_conclusion
Attempt to persuade or to determine the truth of a conclusion
critical questions, namely criteria for assessing dialectically the reasonableness and acceptability of an argument. The matching critical questions are the
Argument
Fallacy where validity is determined by origin
the premises must have bearing on the truth or falsity of the claim in question. Genetic accounts of an issue may be true and may help illuminate the reasons
Genetic_fallacy
Philosophical expression
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Two_wrongs_don't_make_a_right
Logical fallacy
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Questionable_cause
Formal fallacy about knowledge of objects
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Masked-man_fallacy
Refutation of a logical fallacy
having a heart attack. Further research has called this conclusion into question. Instead, it may be that other underlying factors, like genes, diet and
Correlation does not imply causation
Correlation_does_not_imply_causation
Logical fallacy in which a thesis is deemed correct on the basis of tradition
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Appeal_to_tradition
Cognitive bias of experimental subject
to the questions, Hans answered correctly 89% of the time. However, when von Osten did not know the answers, Hans guessed only 6% of questions correctly
Observer-expectancy_effect
Bias in the sampling of a population
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Sampling_bias
Idea that a concept is ill-defined, and therefore cannot be discussed
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Loki's_wager
Logical fallacy
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Affirmative conclusion from a negative premise
Affirmative_conclusion_from_a_negative_premise
Fallacy in which a word's history defines its meaning
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Etymological_fallacy
Formal fallacy
relation Question-begging Circular reasoning / Begging the question Loaded language Leading question Compound question / Loaded question / Complex question No
Affirming_a_disjunct
LOADED QUESTION
LOADED QUESTION
Boy/Male
Welsh
War leader; battle leader.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Attendant
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone living by a path, road, or watercourse, Middle English lode (the usual form from Old English gelÄd; compare Lade), or a habitational name from any of several minor places named with this word, for example Load in Somerset or Lode in Cambridgeshire and Gloucestershire.
Boy/Male
Biblical Hebrew
To sustain, hold or lift up.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Attendant
Male
Hebrew
(עׄדֵד) Hebrew name OWDED means "restorer." In the bible, this is the name of the father of Azariah, and the name of a prophet who lived in the time of King Ahaz.
Boy/Male
Welsh
War leader; battle leader.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Loder.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a servant, Middle English ladde. The word first appeared in the 13th century, with the meaning ‘servant’ or ‘man of humble birth’, the modern meaning of ‘young man’, ‘boy’ being a later shift.Most American bearers of this name trace their ancestry to a certain Daniel Ladd, who emigrated from London to Ipswich, MA, in 1634.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Owded, ODED means "restorer." In the bible, this is the name of the father of Azariah, and the name of a prophet who lived in the time of King Ahaz.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly County Durham) and Scottish
English (chiefly County Durham) and Scottish : variant spelling of Louden.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Pranayaa | பà¯à®°à®¨à®¾à®¯à®¾
Leader
Pranayaa | பà¯à®°à®¨à®¾à®¯à®¾
Girl/Female
Tamil
Leader
Boy/Male
Tamil
Leader
Biblical
to sustain, hold or lift up
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who led a horse and cart conveying commodities from one place to another, Middle English ledere, an agent noun from Old English lǣdan ‘to lead’. The word may also sometimes have been used to denote a foreman or someone who led sport or dance, but the name certainly did not originate with leader in the modern sense ‘civil or military commander’; this is a comparatively recent development.English : occupational name for a worker in lead, from an agent derivative of Old English lēad ‘lead’.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and Irish
English, Scottish, and Irish : variant spelling of Loan.
Surname or Lastname
Norwegian
Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads, so named from Old Norse hlað ‘pile or stack’ (for example, of wood or stones) or ‘pavement’.North German : short form of Ladwig, a variant of Ludwig.English : topographic name for someone living by a road, path, or watercourse, Middle English lade, lode (Old English (ge)lÄd).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Rhodes.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : either an occupational name for a carter, from an agent derivative of Middle English lode ‘to load’, or a topographic name from a derivative of Middle English lode ‘path’, ‘road’, ‘watercourse’.German : occupational name for a weaver of woolen cloth (loden), Middle High German lodære.North German : nickname for a good-for-nothing, from Middle Low German lod(d)er.
LOADED QUESTION
LOADED QUESTION
Boy/Male
African, American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, German, Jamaican, Latin
Fortified Place; From Leicester
Girl/Female
Australian, Gaelic
Fiery
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Poetry
Boy/Male
Tamil
Protection
Girl/Female
American, Arabic, Australian, Christian, Latin
Lady; Female Version of Patrick; Noble; Patrician
Girl/Female
Hindu
One who has a beautiful body, A good friend, Soul mate
Girl/Female
Celtic
Bountiful.
Boy/Male
American, British, Dutch, English, Greek, Latin, Swedish
Follower of Christ; Nickname for Christopher; Frontiersman Kit Carson; Anointed; Christian
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Posy, POSEY means both "bouquet, flower" and "(God) shall add (another son)."
Female
Hebrew
(××„×¨Ö°× Ö·×ª) Variant form of Hebrew Orna, ORNAT means "let there be light" or "pine tree." Compare with another form of Ornat.
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a.
Loaded with ice.
a.
Consisting in real estate or land; as, landed property; landed security.
a.
Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual faculties); -- used in composition; as, clear-headed, long-headed, thick-headed; a many-headed monster.
n.
A firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle, as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech.
a.
Striped or ribbed with cords; as, cloth with a corded surface.
a.
Having three heads; three-headed; as, the triple-headed dog Cerberus.
a.
Having a blade or blades; as, a two-bladed knife.
a.
Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky.
a.
Alt. of Five-leaved
a.
Double-headed.
a.
Without horns; as, dodded cattle; without beards; as, dodded corn.
a.
Alt. of Three-leaved
a.
Fitted with lead; set in lead; as, leaded windows.
a.
Having shaggy hair; shock-headed.
a.
Having (such) a leaf or (so many) leaves; -- used in composition; as, broad-leafed; four-leafed.
a.
Formed into a head; as, a headed cabbage.
a.
Loaded with shot.
a.
Thick-headed; stupid.
a.
Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
a.
Divested of blades; as, bladed corn.