fallacious
containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
deceptive; misleading: fallacious testimony.
disappointing; delusive: a fallacious peace.
Origin of fallacious
1Other words from fallacious
- fal·la·cious·ly, adverb
- fal·la·cious·ness, noun
- non·fal·la·cious, adjective
- non·fal·la·cious·ly, adverb
- non·fal·la·cious·ness, noun
- un·fal·la·cious, adjective
- un·fal·la·cious·ly, adverb
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How to use fallacious in a sentence
But such disparagement was itself a kneejerk reaction, and it was fallacious.
Some care, however, is necessary in applying this test, as in the hands of inexperienced persons it is sometimes fallacious.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonShe evidently made up her mind that logic was a fallacious mode of inference, and determined to abandon it for the future.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona CairdIt appears to me that the fallacious reasoner, in his private thoughts, would not be likely to proceed beyond the first step.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart MillThe fallacious assumption implied in the query, quid Christianis cum regibus?
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. Wigram
But it would appear that even the Colonel's theory was fallacious.
Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands and Other Stories | Bret Harte
British Dictionary definitions for fallacious
/ (fəˈleɪʃəs) /
containing or involving a fallacy; illogical; erroneous
tending to mislead
delusive or disappointing: a fallacious hope
Derived forms of fallacious
- fallaciously, adverb
- fallaciousness, noun
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