special pleadingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌspeʃ.əl ˈpliː.dɪŋ/us/ˌspeʃ.əl ˈpliː.dɪŋ/the act of arguing from a particular case in order to get an unfair advantage in a more general situation
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Debate & discussion
- arena
- compare
- conciliate
- dialectic
- float around
- fly
- fly around
- get down to business idiom
- kick sth around
- negotiable
- negotiate
- parley
- reason with sb
- reasoning
- sophistry
- speak
- talk sth out
- talk sth over
- toss
- weigh in
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