# slippery slope

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted; especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable or precarious.
2. A logical fallacy in which a party asserts that a particular result will probably follow from a given decision or circumstance, without necessarily providing any rational argument for the likelihood of the assumed consequence.

## Source
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