Meaning Of The Word Affirming the consequent

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affirming the consequent in British English
the fallacy of inferring the antecedent of a conditional sentence, given the truth of the conditional and its consequent, as if John is six feet tall, he's more than five feet: he's more than five feet so he's six feet

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