Zohnerismとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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Zohnerism (uncountable)

1. The use of a true fact to lead a scientifically and mathematically ignorant public to a false conclusion.

   The dihydrogen monoxide parody is an example of the effects of Zohnerism.

   • 2020 January 17, Ed Liberatore, “Letter to the editor: Impeachment & misinterpretation of facts”, in The Tribune-Review:

     When thinking about Zohnerism, the impeachment perpetrated on our president by the Democrat-led Congress comes to mind.

   • 2020 July 12, VK Sinha, “Positive-negative-positive: How reliable are COVID-19 tests?”, in National Herald:

     Is some form of Zohnerism (the use of a fact to lead a scientifically かつ mathematically ignorant public to a false conclusion) at work at the global level with a definite design? My gut feeling is a resounding YES.

   • 2020, Narayana M S, Figuratively Speaking:

     As a member of generation X, I grew up watching Neethi Ravindran and Rini Simon on Doordarshan, when news used to be news and zohnerism hadn't tightened its clasp over Indian media houses, yet.

   • 2021 February 19, Sandeep Goyal, “Zohnerism & the art of selective communication”, in Business Standard:

     Zohnerism is today driving our daily consumption of news and shaping our understanding of most issues

   • 2021, Dr. Debapi Roy, Yori Pabed, page 190:

     How frequently are we subject to Zohnerism strategies now. . . it seems as real as DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE.!!!

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