fallacy

(Inglês)

  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.

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Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈfæl.ə.si/
Etimologia (Inglês)

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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