fallacy
Meanings
Plural: fallacies
Noun
- a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
- Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
- An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a specious argument.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English fallaci, fallace, fallas, from Old French fallace, from Latin fallācia (“deception, deceit”), from fallāx (“deceptive, deceitful”), from fallere (“to deceive”).
Synonyms
deceitfulness, deception, false belief, incorrect argument, logical fallacy, misargument, non-argument, pseudoargument
Scrabble Score: 15
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