"conjunction fallacy" meaning in All languages combined

See conjunction fallacy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} conjunction fallacy (uncountable)
  1. The contradictory statement that the conjunction of two possibilities is more probable than one or both of those possibilities independently. Tags: uncountable
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