fallacy

Meaning

1. Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
2. An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a specious argument.

Synonyms

delusion

illusion

sophism

misconception

error

deception

wrongness

mistake

guile

deceit

false belief

fallacious argument

misunderstanding

fallibility

delusiveness

quibble

false report

falsity

trickery

imposture

incorrect

irregularities

lapse

misapprehension

miscalculation

miscount

phantasy

plane

sham

slyness

sophistry

spoof

swindle

swindling

trick

untruth

wore

wrongdoing

mistaken opinion

absurd opinion

humbuggery

misconcepton

head game

smoothing plane

beguilement

jiggery pokery

bilk

blunder

cheat

circumvention

Translations

falacia

sophisme

falácia

Trugschluss

fallacia

Täuschung

drogreden

fal·làcia

Illusion

Fehlschluss

σφαλερότητα

tromperie

fausseté

erreur

yanlış

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfæl.ə.si/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fallaci

In summary

From Middle English fallaci, fallace, fallas, from Old French fallace, from Latin fallācia (“deception, deceit”), from fallāx (“deceptive, deceitful”), from fallere (“to deceive”).