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 Definitions of fallacy  [ˈfæl ə si]  

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Definition of 'fallacy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) fallacy
a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.; misconception.

2.  fallacy
a misleading or unsound argument.

3.  fallacy
erroneousness.

4.  fallacy
any of various types of erroneous reasoning that render arguments logically unsound.

5.  fallacy
Obs.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME fallace < MF < L fallācia a trick, deceit)

Definition of 'fallacy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) fallacy, false belief
a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning


Definition of 'fallacy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) fallacy
deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception

2. (noun) fallacy
an argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a sophism


Translation of 'fallacy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a wrong idea or belief, usually one that is generally believed to be true; false reasoning
That belief is just a fallacy.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: drogrede, misleiding, val Arabic flag Arabic: مَظْهَر خادِع، مُغالَطَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: заблуда
Brazilian flag Brazilian: falácia Czech flag Czech: omyl, klam, blud German flag German: der Trugschluß
Danish flag Danish: vildfarelse; fejlslutning Greek flag Greek: πλάνη Spanish flag Spanish: falacia, sofisma
Estonian flag Estonian: eksikujutelm Farsi flag Farsi: اعتقاد غلط Finnish flag Finnish: harhaluulo
French flag French: sophisme Hebrew flag Hebrew: סְבָרָה מוּטעֵית Hindi flag Hindi: भ्रम
Croatian flag Croatian: zabluda, pogrešno mišljen Hungarian flag Hungarian: téveszme Indonesian flag Indonesian: kekeliruan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: röng hugmynd, villa Italian flag Italian: sofisma Japanese flag Japanese: 誤った考え
Korean flag Korean: 잘못된 생각, 착오 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: klaidinga nuomonė, klaidi Latvian flag Latvian: kļūda; maldi
Malay flag Malay: salah anggapan Dutch flag Dutch: misvatting Norwegian flag Norwegian: feilslutning, villfarelse
Polish flag Polish: błędna wiara Persian flag Persian: اعتقاد غلط Pashto flag Pashto: درغلى، تېراېستنه، ټګى برګ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: falácia Romanian flag Romanian: sofism Russian flag Russian: заблуждение
Slovak flag Slovak: klam Slovenian flag Slovenian: zmota, zabloda Serbian flag Serbian: zabluda
Swedish flag Swedish: vanföreställning, villfar Thai flag Thai: ความคิดที่ไม่ถูกต้อง Turkish flag Turkish: yanılgı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 謬誤,謬論,錯誤推理 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: помилка Urdu flag Urdu: غلط نظریہ یا اعتقاد
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ảo tưởng; nguỵ biện Chinese flag Chinese: 谬误,错误的推论

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