Synonyms for beg the question
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : beg |
Phonetic Transcription : bɛg |
Top 10 synonyms for beg the question Other synonyms for the word beg the question
- back and fill
- balk
- beat around bush
- beat around the bush
- beg the question
- belie
- blow hot and cold
- cavil
- cloud the issue
- con
- confuse
- cop a plea
- cop out
- cover up
- dance around
- decline
- distort
- dodge
- double
- double-talk
- duck
- elude
- equivocate
- escape
- eschew
- euphemize
- evade
- exaggerate
- fabricate
- falsify
- fence
- fib
- flip-flop
- fly
- fudge
- fudge and mudge
- garble
- give run around
- give the runaround
- hedge
- hem and haw
- hum and haw
- invent
- jive
- keep distance
- lay low
- lead on a merry chase
- lie
- mince words
- misrepresent
- misspeak
- palter
- parry
- pass the buck
- pass up
- phony up
- pretend
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- put off
- put on
- quibble
- run around
- shift
- shilly-shally
- shirk
- shuck
- shuffle
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- sit on the fence
- slip out
- sneak away
- steer clear of
- stonewall
- tapdance
- tell white lie
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- trick
- waffle
- weasel
Définition of beg the question
Origin :- c.1200, perhaps from Old English bedecian "to beg," from Proto-Germanic *beth-; or possibly from Anglo-French begger, from Old French begart (see beggar). The Old English word for "beg" was wædlian, from wædl "poverty." Of trained dogs, 1816.
- As a courteous mode of asking (beg pardon, etc.), first attested c.1600. To beg the question translates Latin petitio principii, and means "to assume something that hasn't been proven as a basis of one's argument," thus "asking" one's opponent to give something unearned, though more of the nature of taking it for granted without warrant.
- As in prevaricate : verb deceive; stretch the truth
- As in hem and haw : verb hesitate
- As in equivocate : verb avoid an issue
- As in evade : verb get away from
Antonyms for beg the question
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