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rhetoric:jargon [22.08.26, 08:09:49] – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation sascharhetoric:jargon [26.08.26, 08:13:01] (current) – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation sascha
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 Such technical jargon also has an important social purpose, as it can be used to indicate one’s belonging to a group – for example, that of sailors – or to distinguish between in- and outsiders of a group. In other words, they can be useful both for more efficient communication and for group identification. Such technical jargon also has an important social purpose, as it can be used to indicate one’s belonging to a group – for example, that of sailors – or to distinguish between in- and outsiders of a group. In other words, they can be useful both for more efficient communication and for group identification.
  
-However, the same can become an unfair discussion tactic when you try to gain an advantage by presenting yourself as particularly “educated” and as a supposed “expert” towards others (<span maniculus "see also">[[relevance:authority:index|appeal to authority]]</span>, [[relevance:authority:false_authority:index|false authority]] and [[rhetoric:red_herrings:ad_hominem:self-adulation|self-adulation]]). +However, the same can become an unfair discussion tactic when you try to gain an advantage by presenting yourself as particularly “educated” and as a supposed “expert” towards others (<span maniculus "see also">[[relevance:authority:index|appeal to authority]]</span>, [[relevance:authority:false_authority:index|false authority]] and [[relevance:ad_hominem:self-adulation|self-adulation]]). 
  
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 ===== See also ===== ===== See also =====
  
-  * [[rhetoric:red_herrings:ad_hominem:self-adulation|Self-adulation]]+  * [[relevance:ad_hominem:self-adulation|Self-adulation]]
  
 ===== More information ===== ===== More information =====
  
   * [[wp>Jargon|Jargon]] on //Wikipedia//   * [[wp>Jargon|Jargon]] on //Wikipedia//

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