fallacy
Deceptive or false appearanceDeceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
» This is a fallacy.
Meaning
2 sensesDeceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
Täuschung
обма́нчивостьobmánčivostʹ
ома́наomána
An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a specious argument.
Trugschluss, Fehlschluss
заблужде́ниеzabluždénije, ло́жный вы́водlóžnyj vývod, софи́змsofízm
ома́наomána
- a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
Examples
9 sentencesThis is a fallacy.
Logic isn't a list of fallacies.
I can't see your argument through all these logical fallacies.
Affirming the consequent is an example of a formal logical fallacy.
ruПеремена мест причины и следствия – пример формальной логической ошибки.
Those rumors are a fallacy.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fallaci, fallace, fallas, from Old French fallace (whence -acy), fromFrom Middle English fallaci, fallace, fallas, from Old French fallace (whence -acy), from Latin fallācia (“deception, deceit”), from fallāx (“deceptive, deceitful”), from fallere (“to deceive”).
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Forms
plural: fallaciesSynonyms
8 synonyms- a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning:false belief