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fallacious
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fal·la·cious  (f-lshs)
adj.
1. Containing or based on a fallacy: a fallacious assumption.
2. Tending to mislead; deceptive: fallacious testimony.

fal·lacious·ly adv.
fal·lacious·ness n.

fallacious [fəˈleɪʃəs]
adj
1. (Philosophy / Logic) containing or involving a fallacy; illogical; erroneous
2. tending to mislead
3. delusive or disappointing a fallacious hope
fallaciously  adv
fallaciousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.fallacious - containing or based on a fallacyfallacious - containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument"
invalid - having no cogency or legal force; "invalid reasoning"; "an invalid driver's license"
2.fallacious - intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"
dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
3.fallacious - based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information; "fallacious hope"
incorrect, wrong - not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"

fallacious
adjective incorrect, wrong, mistaken, false, misleading, untrue, deceptive, spurious, fictitious, illogical, erroneous, illusory, delusive, delusory, sophistic, sophistical Their argument is fallacious.
Quotations
"The conclusion of your syllogism, I said lightly, is fallacious, being based upon licensed premises" [Flann O'Brien At Swim-Two-Birds]
Translations
fallacious [fəˈleɪʃəs] ADJ (= incorrect) → erróneo; (= misleading) → engañoso, falaz
fallacious [fəˈleɪʃəs] (formal) adj [idea, argument, reason] → fallacieux/euse
fallacious
adjirrig; argumenttrugschlüssig
fallacious [fəˈleɪʃs] adj (frm) → fallace


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