Argument
Argument noun - An often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions.
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Synonyms for Argument
Proof is a synonym for argument in reason topic. In some cases you can use "Proof" instead a noun "Argument", when it comes to topics like evidence, substantiation, effort to convince.
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- Famously refuted by Carl Sagan with the statement, "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." Based on shifting the burden of proof onto whichever side of the argument you want to lose.
Source: Appeal to Ignorance - Another instance of this is what is sometimes called "argument from mere analogy" — the mistaken belief that because analogy is often used to illustrate proof, therefore analogy is proof.
Source: Anecdotal Fallacy -
In one point she gets into an argument with a cop over whether she cut off another car or not and is given video proof that she did, yet still insists that the video is inaccurate.
Source: Never My Fault
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