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	'''Intellectual dishonesty''' is the creation of misleading impressions through the use of ], ], ], or misrepresented evidence. It may stem from an ulterior motive, haste, sloppiness, or external pressure to reach a certain conclusion. The truth value of work may be lost as a result.		'''Intellectual dishonesty''' is the creation of misleading impressions through the use of ], ], ], or misrepresented evidence. It may stem from an ulterior motive, haste, sloppiness, or external pressure to reach a certain conclusion. The truth value of work may be lost as a result.

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Intellectual dishonesty is the creation of misleading impressions through the use of rhetoric, logical fallacy, fraud, or misrepresented evidence. It may stem from an ulterior motive, haste, sloppiness, or external pressure to reach a certain conclusion. The truth value of work may be lost as a result.

Scientists and scholars generally consider plagiarism a serious form of intellectual dishonesty. Other examples include the incorrect attribution of a quotation or quotation out of context, use of obfuscated or irrelevant citations, deceptive omission of contextual text through ellipsis, and the unsupported amplification of a relationship.

Intellectual abuse

Often, individuals with experience or training in arguments can exploit certain strategies of persuasion or "spin". This also appears in overuse of esoteric terminology, or the use of unnecessary ideas in a sentence, like "per se". (see Academic elitism).

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