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  2. Confirmation bias - Wikipedia

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    Confirmation bias (also confirmatory bias, myside bias, [a] or congeniality bias [2]) is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values. [3]

  3. Opposite - Wikipedia

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    An antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings. Each word in the pair is the antithesis of the other. A word may have more than one antonym. There are three categories of antonyms identified by the nature of the relationship between the opposed meanings.

  4. List of fake news websites - Wikipedia

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    Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire.Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks, typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.

  5. To be announced - Wikipedia

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    To be confirmed (TBC), to be resolved (TBR), [1] or to be provided (TBP) [2] – details may have been determined and possibly announced, but are still subject to change prior to being finalized. To be arranged , to be agreed ( TBA ), to be determined ( TBD ) or to be decided [ 3 ] – the appropriateness, feasibility, location, etc. of a given ...

  6. Contronym - Wikipedia

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    A contronym is alternatively called an autantonym, auto-antonym, antagonym, [3] [4] enantiodrome, enantionym, Janus word (after the Roman god Janus, who is usually depicted with two faces), [4] self-antonym, antilogy, or addad (Arabic, singular didd).

  7. Converse (semantics) - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, converses or relational antonyms are pairs of words that refer to a relationship from opposite points of view, such as parent/child or borrow/lend. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The relationship between such words is called a converse relation . [ 2 ]

  8. Confirmation holism - Wikipedia

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    For example, if the general theory of relativity is confirmed by the perihelion of Mercury then, according to total holism, the conjunction of the general theory of relativity with the claim that the moon is made of cheese also gets confirmed. More controversially, the two conjuncts are meant to be confirmed in equal measure.

  9. Confirmation - Wikipedia

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    In the Anglican Communion, a person who was previously confirmed in another denomination by a bishop or priest recognized as validly ordained is "received" rather than confirmed again. Some dioceses of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America recognize non-episcopal Confirmations as well and these individuals are received ...