Thought-Terminating Cliché: Definition and Examples

A thought-terminating cliché (also called a semantic stop-sign, thought-stopper, bumper sticker logic, or cliché thinking) is a phrase used to end an argument and patch up cognitive dissonance with a cliché rather than a point. So: what is a thought-terminating cliché? In short, it’s loaded language-often sounding like folk wisdom-that replaces reasoned debate with a memorable, reductive line and discourages further thinking. Some phrases are not inherently terminating; they become thought-terminating when used to dismiss dissent, avoid evidence, or justify fallacious reasoning. 

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