fallacy
IPA: fˈæɫʌsi
noun
- Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
- (logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a specious argument.
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Examples of "fallacy" in Sentences
- It is thus a syllogistic fallacy.
- There is the fallacy of the argument.
- That's the fallacy of the false dilemma.
- The existential fallacy is a syllogistic fallacy.
- The fallacy of four terms is a syllogistic fallacy.
- On the contrary, that is the fallacy in a nutshell.
- The 'furtive fallacy' is an informal fallacy of emphasis.
- The moralistic fallacy is the opposite of the naturalistic fallacy.
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