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paralogize

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pa⋅ral⋅o⋅gize

[puh-ral-uh-jahyz]
–verb (used without object), -gized, -giz⋅ing.
to draw conclusions that do not follow logically from a given set of assumptions.
Also, especially British, pa⋅ral⋅o⋅gise.


Origin:
1590–1600; < ML paralogizāre < Gk paralogízesthai to reason falsely, equiv. to parálog(os) (see para- 1 , logos ) + -izesthai -ize
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