(Ävâ²Ä­d) adj. 1. Having or marked by keen interest and enthusiasm: an avid golfer; an avid interest in cooking. 2. Having or marked by strong desire or craving; greedy: an economy with an avid appetite for consumer goods.
Definition: Making assumptions about a whole group or range of cases based on a sample that is inadequate (usually because it is atypical or too small). Stereotypes about people (âlibrarians are shy and smart,â âwealthy people are snobs,â etc.) are a common example of the principle underlying hasty generalization.
1 Most informal fallacies are errors of induction, but some of these fallacies can apply to deductive arguments as well.. ( 2 Magedah Shabo, Rhetoric, Logic, and Argumentation: A Guide for Student Writers. 3  Prestwick House, 2010). 4  Example of a Logical Fallacy.  5 The arguments in support of civic education are often seductive.