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fallacy
/'fæləsi/
Synonyms of fallacy Antonyms of fallacy Examples of fallacy Usage of fallacy Parts of fallacy Definition that contains fallacy Words sounding like fallacy Explanation of fallacy

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Definitions of fallacy
  1. noun
    a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

    Similar: 

    false belief
    type of:
    misconception
Definition that contains fallacy
  • unsound containing or based on a fallacy
  • fallacious containing or based on a fallacy
  • post hoc ergo propter hoc the logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation
  • hysteron proteron the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
  • petitio the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question
  • ignoratio elenchi the logical fallacy of supposing that an argument proving an irrelevant point has proved the point at issue
  • petitio principii the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question
  • fallaciousness result of a fallacy or error in reasoning
  • logical fallacy a fallacy in logical argumentation
  • post hoc the logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation
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