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An emotionally appealing term closely associated with highly-valued concepts and beliefs which convey or invoke conviction without supporting information or reason.Syn: glowing generality
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Glittering generality — Glittering generalities (also called glowing generalities ) are emotionally appealing words so closely associated with highly valued concepts and beliefs that they carry conviction without supporting information or reason. Such highly valued… … Wikipedia
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