an incorrect or misleading notion or opinion based on inaccurate facts or invalid reasoning
2.
unsound or invalid reasoning
3.
the tendency to mislead
4. logic
an error in reasoning that renders an argument logically invalid
Word origin
C15: from Latin fallācia, from fallax deceitful, from fallere to deceive
Examples of 'fallacies' in a sentence
fallacies
But, in any case, the idea rests on two fallacies.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But assigning cause to clusters is one of the most common statistical fallacies.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
My response to these great fallacies is this.
Outlook India (2006)
Now, it's time to churn out a few facts to correct some fallacies.
Outlook India (2005)
It is a tale of two fallacies.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Just as prisoners 'age out' of crimes, thinkers may 'age out' of fallacies.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
There are many myths and fallacies about swing.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The questioning at the inquiry relies on three unexamined fallacies.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The headlines were laden with fallacies.
Smithsonian (2012)
Its punch lies in its ironical, teasing, sceptical commonsensical way of subverting tenaciously held fallacies.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
All related terms of 'fallacies'
fallacy
A fallacy is an idea which many people believe to be true , but which is in fact false because it is based on incorrect information or reasoning.
gamblers' fallacy
the fallacy that in a series of chance events the probability of one event occurring increases with the number of times another event has occurred in succession
pathetic fallacy
(in literature ) the presentation of inanimate objects in nature as possessing human feelings
base rate fallacy
the tendency , when making judgments of the probability with which an event will occur , to ignore the base rate and to concentrate on other information
naturalistic fallacy
the supposed fallacy of inferring evaluative conclusions from purely factual premises