obvious

when speaking with others, this word often conveys a shaming "how could you not know that?" Not everything is obvious to everyone. In political arguments, "the obvious" is a common tool, which may be why "It has been a signature move of the Trump administration to disrupt the obvious, beginning with a debate over the size of the crowd at the moment the president was sworn in" (Nausicaa Renner, "How Do You Explain the 'Obvious,'" The New York Times Magazine, August 21, 2018). Renner says, "America is built on an appeal to the obvious. The Declaration of Independence holds its truths to be 'self-evident' — axiomatic, irreducible, not needing justification because they justify themselves. It had seemed obvious to some that a modern presidential administration would not defend white nationalists or that the United States government would seek to avoid taking babies from their parents' arms — or that a man who bragged about harassing women wouldn't be elected in the first place." Think twice before using "obvious."