əˌdʒɪz noun Logic.
1.
argument violating principles of valid reasoning.
2.
a conclusion reached through such argument.
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| —n | |
| 1. | logic, psychol Compare sophism an argument that is unintentionally invalid |
| 2. | any invalid argument or conclusion |
| [C16: via Late Latin from Greek paralogismos, from paralogizesthai to argue fallaciously, from | |
| pa'ralogist | |
| —n | |
| paralo'gistic | |
| —adj | |
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Paralogism
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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