fallacy

fal·la·cy

 (făl′ə-sē)

n. pl. fal·la·cies

1. A false notion.

2. A statement or an argument based on a false or invalid inference.

3. Incorrectness of reasoning or belief; erroneousness.

4. The quality of being deceptive.

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[Alteration of Middle English fallace, from Old French, from Latin fallācia, deceit, from fallāx, fallāc-, deceitful, from fallere, to deceive.]

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fallacy

(ˈfæləsɪ)

n, pl -cies

1. an incorrect or misleading notion or opinion based on inaccurate facts or invalid reasoning

2. unsound or invalid reasoning

3. the tendency to mislead

4. (Logic) logic an error in reasoning that renders an argument logically invalid

[C15: from Latin fallācia, from fallax deceitful, from fallere to deceive]

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fal•la•cy

(ˈfæl ə si)

n., pl. -cies.

1. a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.; misconception.

2. a misleading or unsound argument.

3. erroneousness.

4. any of various types of erroneous reasoning that render arguments logically unsound.

5. Obs. deception.

[1350–1400; Middle English fallace < Middle French < Latin fallācia a trick, deceit]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

fallacy - a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning false belief pseudoscience - an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions misconception - an incorrect conception logical fallacy - a fallacy in logical argumentation pathetic fallacy - the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; `the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy sophism, sophistry, sophistication - a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone paralogism - an unintentionally invalid argument

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fallacy

noun error, mistake, illusion, flaw, deception, delusion, inconsistency, misconception, deceit, falsehood, untruth, misapprehension, sophistry, casuistry, sophism, faultiness This is the biggest fallacy of all.

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fallacy

noun

1. An erroneous or false idea:

erroneousness, error, falsehood, falseness, falsity, untruth.

2. Plausible but invalid reasoning:

casuistry, sophism, sophistry, speciousness, spuriousness.

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Translations

مَظْهَر خادِع، مُغالَطَه

bludklamomyl

fejlslutningvildfarelse

Trugschluss

πλάνη

sophisme

téveszme

röng hugmynd, villa

errorefallacefallaciafallibilefallibilit...

klaidinga nuomonėklaidingas įsitikinimas

kļūdamaldi

feilslutning

yanılgı

谬误错误的推论

fallacy

[ˈfæləsɪ] N (= false belief) → falacia f; (= false reasoning) → sofisma m, argucia f

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fallacy

[ˈfæləsi] n → idée f fausse
it is a fallacy that ... → il est faux de croire que ...

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fallacy

n → Irrtum m; (in logic) → Fehlschluss m, → Trugschluss m; a popular fallacy → ein weitverbreiteter Irrtum

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fallacy

[ˈfæləsɪ] n → errore m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fallacy

(ˈfӕləsi) – plural ˈfallacies – noun

a wrong idea or belief, usually one that is generally believed to be true; false reasoning. That belief is just a fallacy. drogrede, misleiding, valse redenering مَظْهَر خادِع، مُغالَطَه заблуда falácia omyl, klam, blud der Trugschluß vildfarelse; fejlslutning πλάνηfalacia, sofisma eksikujutelm اعتقاد غلط harhaluulo sophisme סְבָרָה מוּטעֵית भ्रम zabluda, pogrešno mišljenje téveszme kekeliruan röng hugmynd, villa sofisma 誤った考え 잘못된 생각, 착오 klaidinga nuomonė, klaidingas įsitikinimas kļūda; maldi salah anggapan misvattingfeilslutning, villfarelse błędna wiara درغلى، تېراېستنه، ټګى برګى غولوونكى، منطق او استدلال: سفسطه falácia sofism заблуждение klam zmota, zabloda zabluda vanföreställning, villfarelse ความคิดที่ไม่ถูกต้อง yanılgı 謬誤，謬論，錯誤推理 помилка غلط نظریہ یا اعتقاد ảo tưởng; nguỵ biện 谬误，错误的推论

fallacious (fəˈleiʃəs) adjective

wrong, mistaken or showing false reasoning. a fallacious argument. misleidend, bedrieglik, vals خَدّاع، مُضَلِّل лъжлив falacioso mylný, klamný irreführend, falsch fejlagtig; falsk λαθεμένοςerróneo, engañoso, falaz ekslik اشتباه؛ گمراه کننده virheellinen fallacieuxמופרך भ्रम में डालने वाला varav, koji obmanjuje megtévesztő keliru villandi; rangur, órökréttur fallace 誤った 잘못된 klaidingas kļūdains; maldīgs; maldinošs taakulan yang salah valsfeil, villedende, uholdbarbłędny, złudny غولوونكى، تېر اېستونكى falacioso greşit ошибочный mylný zmoten pogrešan bedräglig, falsk, vilseledande ซึ่งคิดไม่ถูกต้อง yanıltıcı 謬誤的, 不合理的 помилковий; облудний مغالطہ آمیز sai lầm 谬误的，不合理的

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