SPECIAL PLEADING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does special pleading mean? 

• SPECIAL PLEADING (noun)
  The noun SPECIAL PLEADING has 2 senses:

1. an argument that ignores all unfavorable evidence

2. (law) a pleading that alleges new facts in avoidance of the opposing allegations

  Familiarity information: SPECIAL PLEADING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPECIAL PLEADING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An argument that ignores all unfavorable evidence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("special pleading" is a kind of...):

specious argument (an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(law) a pleading that alleges new facts in avoidance of the opposing allegations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("special pleading" is a kind of...):

pleading ((law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)