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A friend of mine asked me this question and I can't for the life of me think of the word. Do you happen to know if such a word exists?
"...what would be the term one would use if someone made a statement where they generalized like saying 'why doesn't ANYONE do such and such?' when they clearly do not mean everyone but are just positing it as a proposition in general and are speaking to everyone but meaning some people?"
I appreciate any light you can shed.
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Interesting and thought provoking. WELCOME
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Hi KathleenRose, In general your example is a rhetorical question. As to a specific name for the act of asking a rhetorical question to everyone while the intent is to direct the question to a few, there is no such English word. I don't think.
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Thanks jenny jenny. That does make sense. My thought was that it seems very passive aggressive. Rhetorical passive aggression?
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I'm pretty sure it's something more technical. My friend did not agree with the rhetorical description. That may be because the question posed was meant as an example and did not contain specifics.
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Ask your friend for some specifics.
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