1) Informal fallacy
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Truthiness is a quality characterizing a `truth` that a person making an argument or assertion claims to know intuitively `from the gut` or because it `feels right` without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts. American television comedian Stephen Colbert coined the word in this meaning as the subject of a segment ca...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truthiness
(from the article `Colbert, Stephen`) ...on the guise of a self-important conservative commentator, a persona meant to parody certain cable-news personalities, most notably Bill O`Reilly. ...
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/86
a satirical term used to describe people stating concepts they want to believe, rather than the facts. Truthiness is felt emotionally and disregards actual evidence or intellectual examination.
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https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21664
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