Removing a passage from its surrounding matter in such a way as to distort its intended meaning.
Examples:
- David: Can you believe that the president said, “fat people are losers”? Sam: Where did you hear this ? David: I read it in a headline on BrightBert News. Sam: He actually said, “People who say, ‘fat people are losers’ are not only cruel, but they are also wrong as well as being irrational.”
Synonyms: fallacy of quoting out of context, quoting out of context