Out-group illusion

Out-group illusion

The Out-group illusion is the tendency to blame an undesirable language trend on a particular group of people when it is in fact the product of widespread usage.

See also

* Adolescent illusion
* Antiquity illusion
* Infrequency illusion
* Recency illusion

External links

* [http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg19626302.300-the-word-recency-illusion.html New Scientist article] (subscription only; hard copy at "New Scientist", 17 November 2007 p. 60)


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