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{{a|psychology|[[File:All different.jpg|450px|thumb|center|You’re all different. You’re all individuals.]]}}{{d|Special pleading|/ˈspɛʃəl ˈpliːdɪŋ/|n|}}<br>1. To cite something — usually, one’s job, person or justification for sorry existence — as an exception to a general principle with which one otherwise professes impassioned agreement, without explaining or justifying the exception.<br> | {{a|psychology|[[File:All different.jpg|450px|thumb|center|You’re all different. You’re all individuals.]]}}{{Dsh special pleading quote}}{{d|Special pleading|/ˈspɛʃəl ˈpliːdɪŋ/|n|}}<br>1. To cite something — usually, one’s job, person or justification for sorry existence — as an exception to a general principle with which one otherwise professes impassioned agreement, without explaining or justifying the exception.<br> | ||
2. A [[double standard]], being a standard that is so good it is worth ''two'' normal standards. | 2. A [[double standard]], being a standard that is so good it is worth ''two'' normal standards. | ||