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Loaded Question

Logical fallacy

Asking a question that builds in an unproven assumption, so that any direct answer concedes it.

An everyday example

“Have you stopped missing your deadlines?”

The same move in this debate

“Where do you get your protein? The question assumes protein is hard to come by without animal products.”

Where this appears

Where do you get your protein?Health & Nutrition

The question presupposes that protein is hard to come by without animal products. That assumption does all the work and is never stated outright, which is what makes it awkward to answer in a sentence: any direct answer appears to concede that there is a problem to solve.