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Noun: slippery slope
  1. A type of logical argument or rhetorical device that suggests a relatively small first step leads through a series of related events to a significant and often undesirable outcome
    "The politician argued that legalizing marijuana was a slippery slope that would lead to the legalization of all drugs"

Derived forms: slippery slopes

Encyclopedia: Slippery slope