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fallacy

fal·la·cy
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fal-uh-see]
    • /ˈfæl ə si/
    • /ˈfæl.ə.si/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fal-uh-see]
    • /ˈfæl ə si/

Definitions of fallacy word

  • noun plural fallacy a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.: That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy. 1
  • noun plural fallacy a misleading or unsound argument. 1
  • noun plural fallacy deceptive, misleading, or false nature; erroneousness. 1
  • noun plural fallacy Logic. any of various types of erroneous reasoning that render arguments logically unsound. 1
  • noun plural fallacy Obsolete. deception. 1
  • noun fallacy A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument. 1
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Origin of fallacy

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; < Latin fallācia a trick, deceit, equivalent to fallāc- (stem of fallāx) deceitful, fallacious + -ia -y3; replacing Middle English fallace < Middle French

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Parts of speech for Fallacy

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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fallacy popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for fallacy

noun fallacy

  • falsehood — a false statement; lie. Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication, falsification, canard, invention, fiction, story.
  • deception — Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
  • misinterpretation — An instance of misinterpreting.
  • untruth — the state or character of being untrue.
  • heresy — opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.
All 47 Synonyms of fallacy

Antonyms for fallacy

noun fallacy

  • reality — the state or quality of being real.
  • fairness — the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness: I have to admit, in all fairness, that she would only be paid for part of the work.
  • 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.
All 19 Antonyms of fallacy

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Related words

  • fallacy of composition

    the fallacy of inferring that a property of parts or members of a whole is also a property of the whole (opposed to fallacy of division).

  • fallacy of division

    the fallacy of inferring that a property of the whole is also a property of parts or members of the whole (opposed to fallacy of composition).

  • fallacious

    containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.

  • genetic fallacy

    the fallacy of confusing questions of validity and logical order with questions of origin and temporal order.

  • intentional fallacy

    (in literary criticism) an assertion that the intended meaning of the author is not the only or most important meaning; a fallacy involving an assessment of a literary work based on the author's intended meaning rather than on actual response to the work.

  • affective fallacy

    a proposition in literary criticism that a poem should be analyzed and described in terms of its own internal structure and not in terms of the emotional response it arouses in the reader.
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