Working backwards in logic, disregarding the facts in order to support an erroneous conclusion. Motivated reasoning is in contrast to logical reasoning.
I know you're telling me the fact that Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with 9/11, but my motivated reasoning tells me he did.
We invaded Iraq because of 9/11. What we did in Iraq was right. Saddam Hussein was involved in plotting 9/11.
We invaded Iraq because of 9/11. What we did in Iraq was right. Saddam Hussein was involved in plotting 9/11.
by bronco-the-man August 31, 2009
Get the motivated reasoningmug. by thatonedepressedlesbian September 29, 2020
Get the A reason to livemug. A play on the word 'treason' that combines 'Tea' (short in this instance for Tea Party Patriot) and 'Reason' (a homonym meaning either: purpose or rationality).
It can be defined as:
A situation in which a citizen of another country is accused of committing an act of treason against the United States of America by a Tea Party Patriot.
It can be defined as:
A situation in which a citizen of another country is accused of committing an act of treason against the United States of America by a Tea Party Patriot.
Huckabee: Julian Assange should be executed for treason!
Assange: I think you mean Tea-Reason? Perhaps I could interest you in a map, and a dictionary?
Assange: I think you mean Tea-Reason? Perhaps I could interest you in a map, and a dictionary?
by marvaenaeldo December 3, 2010
Get the Tea-Reasonmug. What you say when you kick someone off or out of something, because you’re afraid you actually have to get out of bed and do your job.
by 911yeshello May 21, 2018
Get the Creative reasonmug. by jabooty slayer March 19, 2022
Get the reasonable squeezemug. by pee_jay July 28, 2017
Get the wild for no reasonmug. Meaningless rhetoric used to gain the upper hand in an argument where you have nothing substantial to add.
Ironically most employed in an attempt to end the most combustible & controversial of debates.
Ironically most employed in an attempt to end the most combustible & controversial of debates.
Abortion should be outlawed everywhere, for obvious reasons.
Software piracy isn't bad, for obvious reasons.
Adolf Hitler was a model citizen and well-meaning person, for obvious reasons.
Software piracy isn't bad, for obvious reasons.
Adolf Hitler was a model citizen and well-meaning person, for obvious reasons.
by BlasI August 27, 2009
Get the for obvious reasonsmug.