Complex question

A complex question, <a href="/facts/Trick_question/Q3mDM5JN">trick question</a>, multiple question, fallacy of presupposition, or plurium interrogationum (Latin, 'of many questions') is a <a href="/facts/Question/NsG1sCSK">question</a> that has a complex <a href="/facts/Presupposition/IsdPl2Ub">presupposition</a>. The presupposition is a <a href="/facts/Proposition/0877MFMD">proposition</a> that is presumed to be acceptable to the respondent when the question is asked. The respondent becomes committed to this proposition when they give any direct answer. When a presupposition includes an admission of wrongdoing, it is called a "<a href="/facts/Loaded_question/5G6M6Dy3">loaded question</a>" and is a form of <a href="/facts/Entrapment/1DyTavGS">entrapment</a> in legal trials or debates. The presupposition is called "complex" if it is a <a href="/facts/Logical_conjunction/62uyyn1d">conjunctive</a> proposition, a <a href="/facts/Logical_disjunction/jbI2EGlM">disjunctive</a> proposition, or a <a href="/facts/Conditional_sentence/qJvIK5y4">conditional</a> proposition. It could also be another type of proposition that contains some <a href="/facts/Logical_connective/VkPhUs6M">logical connective</a> in a way that makes it have several parts that are component propositions.
Complex questions can but do not have to be <a href="/facts/Fallacy/IRVuLSef">fallacious</a>, as in being an <a href="/facts/Informal_fallacy/MfICjFRF">informal fallacy</a>.

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Complex question