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  1. appeal to pity, Appeal to pity: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

Definitions from Wikipedia (Appeal to pity)

noun:  An appeal to pity (also called argumentum ad misericordiam, the sob story, or the Galileo argument) is a fallacy in which someone tries to win support for an argument or idea by exploiting one's opponent's feelings of pity or guilt.


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