Usually means: Assuming whole same as parts.
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  1. fallacy of composition: Merriam-Webster
  2. fallacy of composition: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fallacy of composition: Wiktionary
  4. fallacy of composition: Dictionary.com
  5. Fallacy of composition: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Fallacy of composition: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (fallacy of composition)

noun:  A presumption that if something is true of part(s) of a whole, then it is true of the whole itself.

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