no true Scotsman fallacy
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
no true Scotsman fallacy (plural no true Scotsman fallacies)
- The logical fallacy of attempting to retain an unreasoned assertion by excluding the case given in a counterexample, as in: "No Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge." "I am Scottish, and I put sugar on my porridge." "Well, no true Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge."