"intentional fallacy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: intentional fallacies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} intentional fallacy (plural intentional fallacies)
  1. The idea that an author's intentions should constrain the ways in which a text is properly interpreted, when regarded as an informal fallacy.
    Sense id: en-intentional_fallacy-en-noun-8ilvF27O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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