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  2. Loaded language - Wikipedia

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    Loaded language [a] is rhetoric used to influence an audience by using words and phrases with strong connotations. This type of language is very often made vague to more effectively invoke an emotional response and/or exploit stereotypes .

  3. Thought-terminating cliché - Wikipedia

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    A thought-terminating cliché (also known as a semantic stop-sign, a thought-stopper, bumper sticker logic, or cliché thinking) is a form of loaded language, often passing as folk wisdom, intended to end an argument and quell cognitive dissonance.

  4. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch - Wikipedia

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    An article suffering from such language should be rewritten to correct the problem or, if an editor is unsure how best to make a correction, the article may be tagged with an appropriate template, such as {{Peacock term}}. Puffery is an example of positively loaded language; negatively loaded language should be avoided just as much. People ...

  5. Complex question - Wikipedia

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    When a complex question contains controversial presuppositions (often with loaded language—having an unspoken and often emotive implication), it is known as a loaded question. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 5 ] For example, a classic loaded question, containing incriminating assumptions that the questioned persons seem to admit to if they answer the questions ...

  6. Opinion: In the French language, ‘inclusive’ becomes a loaded ...

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    France’s battle over removing gender-inclusive language, pushed forward by officials such as Senator Pascale Gruny, has caused deep divisions in the government and nation, writes David A. Andelman.

  7. Propaganda techniques - Wikipedia

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    Loaded language Specific words and phrases with strong emotional implications are used to influence the audience, for example, using the word reforms rather than a more neutral word like changes. Love bombing

  8. Pro-choice and pro-life - Wikipedia

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    They are generally considered loaded language, since they frame the corresponding position in terms of inherently positive qualities (and thus position their opponents as "anti-choice" or "anti-life"). For this reason, more neutral or descriptive alternatives are sometimes preferred, for example by describing groups or individuals as supporters ...

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