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fallacy
noun
(fal-la-cy)
a false or mistaken idea
fallacy
noun
(fal-la-cy)
erroneous character : erroneousness
fallacy
noun
(fal-la-cy)
deceptive appearance : deception
fallacy
noun
(fal-la-cy)
the ascription of human traits or feelings to inanimate nature (as in cruel sea)
Words Related to
fallacy
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false belief
,
falsehood
,
delusion
,
misconception
,
illusion
,
misapprehension
,
reasoning
,
misreading
,
deception
,
mistake
,
misunderstanding
,
mirage
,
misinterpretation
,
deceit
,
aberration
,
lie
,
blunder
,
loophole
,
error
,
logical fallacy
,
syllogism
,
myth
,
specious argument
,
illogic
,
sophistry
,
tautology
,
presupposition
,
theory
,
truism
,
irrationality
,
untruth
,
paradox
,
supposition
,
ignorance
,
sophism
,
generalization
,
absurdity
,
contradiction
,
logic
,
hypocrisy
,
cognitive dissonance
,
reductio ad absurdum
,
assumption
,
argument
,
idiocy
,
petitio principii
,
paralogism
,
falsism
,
folly
,
canard
,
balderdash
,
postulation
,
reductionism
,
elench
,
bunkum
,
dichotomy
,
scientism
,
incommensurability
,
notion
,
misperception
,
oversimplification
,
corollary
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speciousness
,
keynesianism
,
poppycock
,
hogwash
,
tu quoque
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dualism
,
conceit
,
wishful thinking
,
malthusianism
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axiom
,
stupidity
,
externality
,
counterargument
,
disproof
,
dogma
,
nostrum
,
illogicality
,
shibboleth
,
foolishness
,
claptrap
,
reflexivity
,
determinist
,
philosophism
,
distortions
,
underconsumption
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anthropocentrism
,
red herring
,
argumentum
,
hegelian dialectic
,
hysteron proteron
,
furphy
,
misnomer
,
falseness
,
ethnicism
,
misquotation
,
incongruence
,
wrongheadedness
,
strawman
,
fallacy
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