Thursday, 10 September 2015

Wei’s Neologisms #4

Retroquiry
From Latin retrō ("back") + quaerō ("I seek").
n. (ˈrɛtrokwaɪəɹi)

1. In intellectual discourse, when one first decides on a conclusion, then looks for supporting reasoning. Easily confused with "inquiry."

(Note that "conclusion" should not be conflated with "hypothesis.")

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