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    Fallacy

    Definition

    noun | a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

    Pronunciation

    f'aluhsee (IPA: fˈæləsi)

    Hyphenation

    fal-la-cy (7 letters | 3 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1481 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (544 years ago)

    Word origin

    Latin

    Word frequency history

    Inflected form

    fallacies

    Synonyms

    false belief | misconception

    Narrower terms

    logical fallacy | paralogism | pathetic fallacy | pseudoscience | sophism | sophistication | sophistry (total: 7)

    Broader terms

    misconception

    Rhymes

    (none among common words)

    Lexically close words

    wallaby

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Translations

    Spanish: | sofisma (reasoning) | falacia (reasoning) | error (idea) | idea falsa (idea) | concepción errónea (idea) French: | sophisme (reasoning) | faux raisonnement (reasoning) | vice de raisonnement (reasoning) | erreur (idea) | conception erronée (idea) | idée fausse (idea) Portuguese: | sofisma (reasoning) | falácia (reasoning) | falsidade (reasoning) | falso raciocínio (reasoning) | falácia (idea) | idéia falsa (idea) | concepção errônea (idea) German: | Trugschluss° (reasoning) | Scheinbeweis (reasoning) | Fehlschluss° (reasoning) | Sophismus (reasoning) | irrige Ansicht (idea) | falsche Auffassung (idea) Japanese: | 妄説 (common noun) | 誤信 (common noun) | 誤謬 (common noun) | 謬妄 (common noun) | 謬見 (common noun) | 謬説 (common noun) | 謬論 (common noun) | 迷夢 (common noun) | 迷妄 (common noun) | 迷論 (common noun)

    Other notable uses

    fallacy.com | fallacy.org | fallacy.info

    Crossword puzzle clues

    (none)

    Scrabble score

    15 (International English) | 15 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) 325-5229

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