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View synonyms for fallacious

fallacious

[ fuh-ley-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. containing a fallacy; logically unsound:

    fallacious arguments.

  2. deceptive; misleading:

    fallacious testimony.

  3. disappointing; delusive:

    a fallacious peace.



fallacious

/ fəˈleɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. containing or involving a fallacy; illogical; erroneous
  2. tending to mislead
  3. delusive or disappointing

    a fallacious hope



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Derived Forms

  • falˈlaciously, adverb
  • falˈlaciousness, noun

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Other Words From

  • 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of fallacious1

First recorded in 1500–10, fallacious is from the Latin word fallāciōsus deceitful, deceptive. See fallacy, -ous

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Example Sentences

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.

She evidently made up her mind that logic was a fallacious mode of inference, and determined to abandon it for the future.

It appears to me that the fallacious reasoner, in his private thoughts, would not be likely to proceed beyond the first step.

The fallacious assumption implied in the query, quid Christianis cum regibus?

But it would appear that even the Colonel's theory was fallacious.

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