"no true Scotsman fallacy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: no true Scotsman fallacies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} no true Scotsman fallacy (plural no true Scotsman fallacies)
  1. The logical fallacy of attempting to retain an unreasoned assertion by excluding the case given in a counterexample, as in: "No Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge." "I am Scottish, and I put sugar on my porridge." "Well, no true Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge." Wikipedia link: No true Scotsman Categories (topical): Logical fallacies
    Sense id: en-no_true_Scotsman_fallacy-en-noun-x9Zh~oNp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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