A loaded question smuggles in an assumption. Ask a loaded question, refuse a loaded question.
Any answer accepts the assumption, which is why the only good response is to reject the question. A loaded question is the standard trick of a hostile interview.
1nounloaded questionA question that smuggles in an assumption.
“Asking when he stopped lying was a loaded question and he said so.”
loaded question is a question.
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