Fallacious
11fallacious — adjective Date: 1509 1. embodying a fallacy < a fallacious conclusion > 2. tending to deceive or mislead ; delusive • fallaciously adverb • fallaciousness noun …
12fallacious — adj. Fallacious is used with these nouns: ↑argument …
13fallacious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. erroneous, deceptive, misleading, fraudulent; see false 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [fuh LAY shus] based on fallacy, erroneous, false. His statements about green cheese on the moon were… …
14fallacious — fal|la|cious [fəˈleıʃəs] adj formal containing or based on false ideas ▪ Such an argument is misleading, if not wholly fallacious. >fallaciously adv …
15fallacious — adjective formal containing or based on false ideas: Such an argument is misleading, if not wholly fallacious. fallaciously adverb …
16fallacious — adjective we almost printed his fallacious information Syn: erroneous, false, untrue, wrong, incorrect, flawed, inaccurate, mistaken, misinformed, misguided; specious, spurious, bogus, fictitious, fabricated, made up; groundless, unfounded …
17fallacious — fal•la•cious [[t]fəˈleɪ ʃəs[/t]] adj. 1) containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments[/ex] 2) deceptive; misleading • Etymology: 1500–10; < L fallāx deceitful fal•la′cious•ly, adv. fal•la′cious•ness, n …
18fallacious — fallacy ► NOUN (pl. fallacies) 1) a mistaken belief. 2) a failure in reasoning which makes an argument invalid. DERIVATIVES fallacious adjective. ORIGIN Latin fallacia, from fallere deceive …
19fallacious argument — index fallacy, non sequitur Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
20fallacious reasoning — index non sequitur, sophistry Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
