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Meaning of toupee fallacy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A form of selection bias in which a thing whose quality is measured in terms of being difficult to detect is wrongly judged to be of poor quality in general, caused by the fact that most people only notice poor quality instances of it.
  2. Alternative spelling of toupee fallacy.
    alt-of, alternative

Examples

“Not all toupees are bad, but you only spot the bad toupees. That's the toupee fallacy.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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