For example:
Now available in all good stores. . .
where to not agree to stock an item suggests that your store is not good, or:
All rational people agree that. . .
where to refuse to agree suggests that you are not rational, or:
Those who can, teach.
(a slogan used for encouraging people to become teachers) which suggests that if you aren't teaching a subject you are implicitly "worse" at that subject.
Obviously, all of these are subtle phrasing tricks that may be used casually or quite deliberately.
Is there a term for this type of phrasing?
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I found a rather handy list of logical fallacies (which is what you're describing) and several of them seem to fit:
Bandwagon:
Appeal To False Authority:
Appeal To Majority:
It would really depend on the context that wrapped the fallacy. Those three, however seem to mostly serve to diminish anyone challenging them, simply for challenging them.
They imply that "you aren't one of us", or "you are a heretic for not agreeing with (false authority/majority)" or "your favorite store is sub par if it doesn't have this item".
I don't think there is a single term to describe this other than fallacy, as the mechanics of each fallacy differ sufficiently to warrant separate classification.