Term: special pleading: an argument that ignores all unfavorable evidence
Broader: specious argument: an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious | Unrelated: parts: the local environment
Broader: specious argument: an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious | Unrelated: induced abortion: a deliberate termination of pregnancy
Broader: specious argument: an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious | Unrelated: sufi: a Muslim who represents the mystical dimension of Islam; a Muslim who seeks direct experience of Allah; mainly in Iran
Broader: specious argument: an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious | Unrelated: carbon black: a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
Broader: specious argument: an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious | Unrelated: elephant seal: either of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks
Broader: specious argument: an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious | Unrelated: bovid: hollow-horned ruminants
Broader: specious argument: an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious | Unrelated: common grape hyacinth: prolific species having particularly beautiful dark blue flowers
Broader: specious argument: an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious | Unrelated: ozonide: any of a class of unstable chemical compounds resulting from the addition of ozone to a double bond in an unsaturated compound
Broader: specious argument: an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious | Unrelated: sexual assault: a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat
Broader: specious argument: an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious | Unrelated: countercurrent: actions counter to the main group activity