English Explanatory Dictionary

Gish gallop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rhetorical technique in which a dishonest speaker lists a string of falsehoods or misleading items so that their opponent will be unable to counter each one and still be able to make their own counterpoints.

Word forms

Gish gallop Gish gallops

Etymology

Coined by American physical anthropologist Eugenie C. Scott in 1994, referencing a rhetorical strategy often employed by creationist Duane Gish in debates about evolution.

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