fallacious (redirected from fallaciously)

fal·la·cious  (f-lshs)

adj.

1. Containing or based on a fallacy: a fallacious assumption.

2. Tending to mislead; deceptive: fallacious testimony.

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fal·lacious·ly adv.

fal·lacious·ness n.

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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

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	fallacious - containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument" unsound 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" deceitful, fraudulent 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"

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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

adj → irrig; argument → trugschlüssig

fallacious [fəˈleɪʃ/əs] adj (frm) → fallace