Appeal to flattery
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appeal-to-flattery-247-1966808
title:
Appeal to flattery
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Appeal to flattery is a fallacy in which a person uses flattery, excessive compliments, in an attempt to appeal to their audience's vanity to win support for their side. It is also known as apple polishing, wheel greasing, brown nosing, appeal to pride, appeal to vanity or argumentum ad superbiam. The appeal to flattery is a specific kind of appeal to emotion. Flattery is often used to hide the true intent of an idea or proposal. Praise offers a momentary personal distraction that can often weak
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Emotion based fallacy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_flattery
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2021-11-11T12:47:28Z
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