twisted logic
Bent mental gymnastics
Twisted logic is reasoning that has been bent or contorted to reach a desired conclusion, often through selective emphasis, false premises, or deliberate misinterpretation.
The phrase implies intellectual dishonesty or self-deception—the person isn't simply wrong but has warped their thinking to justify something unjustifiable: By some twisted logic, he convinced himself that lying was actually protecting her.
- faultyHaving defects or errors
- circularForming a closed curve
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- false equivalenceFlawed comparison of unlike things
- sophistryDeceptive reasoning
fallacy · straw man · slippery slope · mental gymnastics · mental acrobatics · jumping through hoops · convoluted · warped · distorted · manipulation · doublethink · cherry picking · rationalization · pretzel · contorted · deceptive · nonsense · spin
- mind-bendersoptical illusions, puzzles, paradoxes, brain teasers, riddles
- contradictionsparadox, oxymoron, contradiction, paradoxes, oxymorons
- fallaciesstraw man, red herring, circular reasoning, ad hominem, fallacy
- surrealismdreamscapes, Rene Magritte, Max Ernst, automatic writing, automatism
- Unrealitiesdreams, illusions, fantasies, hallucinations, delusions
twisted logicvalid argument
Reasoning where conclusion follows necessarily
sound argument · logical reasoning · clear thinking · rational thinking · scientific reasoning
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