Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conjunction fallacy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables: con-junc-tion -fal-la-cy
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The contradictory statement that the conjunction of two possibilities is more probable than one or both of those possibilities independently.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Could the conjunction fallacy rest on students interpreting the experimental instructions in an unexpected way - misunderstanding, perhaps, what is meant by "probable"?"

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does conjunction fallacy mean?: The contradictory statement that the conjunction of two possibilities is more probable than one or both of those possibilities independently.

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