fallacy
Meaning
- 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.
Synonyms
false belief
fallacious argument
false report
mistaken opinion
absurd opinion
misconcepton
smoothing plane
jiggery pokery
error in reasoning
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfæl.ə.si/
Etymology
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”).
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