baseless claims
Assertions without evidence
Baseless claims are assertions made without evidence or factual foundation.
The phrase emphasizes that the claims lack any support—not just insufficient evidence, but none at all.
Common in legal and political contexts: The lawsuit was dismissed due to baseless claims.
He spread baseless claims about election fraud.
- made upConcocted or reconciled
- out of thin airWithout apparent source
- cognitive biasSystematic deviation from rationality
- defamationFalse statements harming reputation
- fallacyError in reasoning
fake news · disinformation · assumption · delusion · pseudoscience · motivated reasoning · wishful thinking · urban legend · overconfidence · bad faith · moving the goalposts · speculation · conspiracy theory · libel · denialism · cherry picking · conjecture · slander
baseless claimsincontrovertible evidence
Proof impossible to dispute
self-evident truths · hard evidence · axioms · matter of record · truisms
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