question-begging
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From begging the question. First attested in the nineteenth century.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
question-begging (not comparable)
- (chiefly attributive) begging the question; logically circular.
- They got sick of his question-begging punditry.
- 1886 [1882], Henry James, The Point of View[1], London: Macmillan and Co.:
- Vulgarity is a stupid, superficial, question-begging accusation, which has become today the easiest refuge of mediocrity.
- 1962 August, “British Railways in 1961—a working loss of £87 million”, in Modern Railways, page 91:
- On traction, the Report adds little to existing knowledge, save a question-begging observation that "enough experience has been gained on electric and hydraulic transmission systems to enable conclusions to be drawn on the relative merits of each."
Noun[edit]
question-begging (uncountable)
- The act of begging the question.