fal·la·cious (f -l  shs)adj. 1. Containing or based on a fallacy: a fallacious assumption. 2. Tending to mislead; deceptive: fallacious testimony. fal·la cious·ly adv.fal·la cious·ness n. |
Fallaciousness
(See also ERRONEOUSNESS.)
get hold of the wrong end of the stick To be mistaken, to have the story wrong or the facts twisted; to attack or approach a problem from the wrong direction. This expression is more common in Britain than in the United States. The similar get the wrong end of the stick may have the identical meaning or be equivalent to get the short end of the stick(VICTIMIZATION).
put the cart before the horse To reverse priorities; to be illogical; to have an erroneous perspective; to do things backwards. Similar sayings exist in numerous languages. This one appears to have its direct antecedents in Latin and French expressions; it appeared in English by the 13th century and has been common ever since. In Shakespeare’s King Lear the Fool puns:
May not an ass know when the cart draws the horse? (I, iv)
skin an eel by the tail To do something the wrong way, to do something backwards. The usual method of skinning an eel involves slitting its body just under the head and pulling downward to remove the skin. The reverse simply does not work.
| Noun | 1. | fallaciousness - result of a fallacy or error in reasoning invalidity, invalidness - illogicality as a consequence of having a conclusion that does not follow from the premisses |
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