petición de principio
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin petītiō prīncipiī (literally “an assumption from the beginning”), calque of Ancient Greek τὸ ἐν ἀρχῇ αἰτεῖσθαι (tò en arkhêi aiteîsthai, “to assume from the beginning”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /petiˌθjon de pɾinˈθipjo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /petiˌsjon de pɾinˈsipjo/
- Syllabification: pe‧ti‧ción de prin‧ci‧pio
Noun
petición de principio f (countable and uncountable, plural peticiones de principio)
- (philosophy, logic, uncountable) petitio principii (the logical fallacy of begging the question)
- (philosophy, logic, countable) petitio principii (an argument which commits such fallacy)
Further reading
- “petición de principio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28