petitio principii

1. 1.

   the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question

   Synonymspetitio

   Broaderlogical fallacy

Questions about petitio principii

What does petitio principii mean?

petitio principii means "the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question".

What is another word for petitio principii?

Close synonyms include petitio. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is petitio principii a common word?

petitio principii is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.