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'''Last wordism''' is the belief, common among [[liberals]], that victory is obtained in a debate or discussion by having the "last word."
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'''Last wordism''' is the belief, common among [[liberals]], that victory is obtained in a debate or discussion by having the "last word." It may occur when the practitioner is under the mistaken impression that they haven't already lost the argument.
  
 
Last wordism is a characteristic of "less intellectually robust presentations."<ref>http://www.cslewisinstitute.org/pages/resources/books/reviews/CaseforChrist.pdf</ref>
 
Last wordism is a characteristic of "less intellectually robust presentations."<ref>http://www.cslewisinstitute.org/pages/resources/books/reviews/CaseforChrist.pdf</ref>

Revision as of 00:44, February 25, 2008

Last wordism is the belief, common among liberals, that victory is obtained in a debate or discussion by having the "last word." It may occur when the practitioner is under the mistaken impression that they haven't already lost the argument.

Last wordism is a characteristic of "less intellectually robust presentations."[1]

References

  1. http://www.cslewisinstitute.org/pages/resources/books/reviews/CaseforChrist.pdf