The association fallacy is a formal fallacy in which it is assumed that if a concept, whether physical or abstract, has certain properties, any other concept belonging to the same group as the first must also share these properties. When it is an attempt to win favor by exploiting the audience's preexisting spite or disdain for something else, it is called guilt by association or an appeal to spite (Latin: argumentum ad odium).
The association fallacy is a formal fallacy in which it is assumed that if a concept, whether physical or abstract, has certain properties, any other concept belonging to the same group as the first must also share these properties. When it is an attempt to win favor by exploiting the audience's preexisting spite or disdain for something else, it is called guilt by association or an appeal to spite (Latin: argumentum ad odium).
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