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fallaciousness

fal·la·cious
F f

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fuh-ley-shuh s]
    • /fəˈleɪ ʃəs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fuh-ley-shuh s]
    • /fəˈleɪ ʃəs/

Definitions of fallaciousness word

  • adjective fallaciousness containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments. 1
  • adjective fallaciousness deceptive; misleading: fallacious testimony. 1
  • adjective fallaciousness disappointing; delusive: a fallacious peace. 1
  • noun fallaciousness The property of being fallacious. 1
See all 4 definitions of fallaciousness

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Origin of fallaciousness

First appearance:

before 1500
One of the 26% oldest English words
First recorded in 1500-10, fallacious is from the Latin word fallāciōsus deceitful, deceptive. See fallacy, -ous

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Parts of speech for Fallaciousness

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Fallaciousness

fallaciousness popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for fallaciousness

noun fallaciousness

  • prevarication — the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
  • tall tale — far-fetched story
  • deception — Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
  • falsity — the quality or condition of being false; incorrectness; untruthfulness; treachery.
  • misstatement — to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
All 39 Synonyms of fallaciousness

Antonyms for fallaciousness

noun fallaciousness

  • frankness — plainness of speech; candor; openness.
  • honesty — the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
  • truthfulness — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
  • uprightness — erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
  • reality — the state or quality of being real.
All 8 Antonyms of fallaciousness

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