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Red herring

A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from an important question, a relevant argument, or the solving of a mystery or crime. It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences toward a false conclusion. A red herring may be used intentionally, as in mystery fiction or as part of rhetorical strategies…

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Logical fallacy

Intentional device

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Red herring

Nodes42
Edges41
Triples55
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.047619
Components1

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Red herring

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related to history · 26
Red herring → Anglo-Norman, Another, Bibbesworth, Brewer's Dictionary, But, Butler's Life, Drawing, Fable, Famous Phrases, He, Heege Manuscript, In, Later, Maxims, Middle English, Napier, Phrase, Proverbs, Rather, Robert Hendrickson
related to Intentional device · 13
Red herring → Bishop Aringarosa, Dan Brown's The Da, For, German, In, Italian, Rache, Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes, Study, The, There, Vinci Code
related to Logical fallacy · 6
Red herring → According, As, For, Oxford English Dictionary, The, Unlike
see also · 6
Red herring → Attention, Linguistics, Plot, Red, Red Herrings, The Five Red HerringsTwelve
related to External links · 3
Red herring → The, Wiktionary, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
is a · 1
Red herring → seemingly plausible

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Red herringis aseemingly plausible0.90text
Red herringrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Red herringrelated to External linksThe0.60section
Red herringrelated to External linksWiktionary0.60section
Red herringrelated to historyThere0.60section
Red herringrelated to historyRather0.60section
Red herringrelated to historyThis0.60section
Red herringrelated to historyIn0.60section
Red herringrelated to historyAnglo-Norman0.60section
Red herringrelated to historyThe Treatise0.60section
Red herringrelated to historyWalter0.60section
Red herringrelated to historyBibbesworth0.60section

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