Definition of fallacious in English:

fallacious

adjective fəˈleɪʃəsfəˈleɪʃəs

Based on a mistaken belief.
fallacious arguments
Example sentencesExamples
- Alex is hawk-eyed when it comes to spotting lazy reasoning or fallacious argument, and lightning-fast at exposing it where it occurs.
- As ever the Telegraph is busy fulmigating against so many straw men and other fallacious arguments.
- Speculation that MMR could be replaced by a series of individual vaccines was based on fallacious reasoning and would return Britain to the ‘dark ages’, he said.
- As this magazine reluctantly pointed out at the time, it is based on a fallacious theory that the brain works in strict hierarchical order: that the midbrain develops before the cortex.
- Now that I have covered his central arguments as fallacious, I would like to step back and look at the work as a whole.
- The important things about being skeptical are therefore understanding rational argument and understanding fallacious and fraudulent argument.…
- We believe that argument to be absurd and fallacious, and hope that defenders of liberty will recognise that it is exactly this kind of panic-stricken measure that will most gratify the killers.
- This argument is simply fallacious as both purposes can simultaneously apply.
- Some of Descartes' claims were fallacious such as his belief that the velocity of light is infinite.
- However, a careful examination of the proposed agreement exposes this argument as fallacious.
- It is also a fallacious argument that heavy vehicles alone account for the recurring accidents.
- Both the settlers and the far left believed that the disengagement could not take place because each group was gripped by a fallacious belief system, in which contradiction or dissent was impossible.
- If you stop to think about it, this argument is totally fallacious.
- SIR - The campaign to save and restore the Odeon has been widely supported, but despite this, Bradford Centre Regeneration has advanced fallacious arguments that the scheme would prove too costly.
- I think this is an entirely fallacious argument, with little to no factual support.
- The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war.
- Nonetheless, he has worked his way to becoming a committed supporter of free trade; and, in the two books we have here to consider, he refutes a large number of fallacious arguments in favor of trade restrictions.
- The proofs are anecdotal or based on fallacious reasoning such as thinking that a correlation proves a causal connection.
- However, most of his evidence is in the form of specious and fallacious arguments.
- Subscribers and practitioners of these fallacious beliefs were deemed at the time to be ‘properly schooled in science.’
Synonyms
erroneous, false, untrue, wrong, incorrect, faulty, flawed, inaccurate, inexact, imprecise, mistaken, misinformed, misguided, misleading, deceptive, delusive, delusory, illusory, sophistic, specious, fictitious, spurious, fabricated, distorted, made up, trumped up
baseless, groundless, unfounded, foundationless, unsubstantiated, unproven, unsupported, uncorroborated, ill-founded, without basis, without foundation
informal bogus, phoney, iffy, dicey, full of holes, (way) off beam
British informal dodgy

Derivatives

fallaciously

adverb fəˈleɪʃəslifəˈleɪʃəsli

At the time one reasons fallaciously, one. typically does so unwittingly (One does not very often commit fallacies deliberately).
Example sentencesExamples
- Kupchan utilises some inappropriate historical analogies such as fallaciously comparing the Eastern and Western Roman Empire schism, which was as much about religious power as anything, to the growing friction between the EU and USA.
- He may start fallaciously believing that the Federal Reserve is not in fact part of the federal government, but is instead controlled by wealthy Zionists.

fallaciousness

noun fəˈleɪʃəsnəsfəˈleɪʃəsnəs

But to submit moral and even political issues to a vote, at least to the logically minded, is to celebrate fallaciousness. Democratic rule is inherently irrational, built entirely on fallacy.
Example sentencesExamples
- I suppose it would be pointless to explicate the obvious fallaciousness of that "logic"; those who don't already see it probably don't want to.

Origin

Early 16th century: from Old French fallacieux, from Latin fallaciosus, from fallacia (see fallacy).

Rhymes

Athanasius, audacious, bodacious, cactaceous, capacious, carbonaceous, contumacious, Cretaceous, curvaceous, disputatious, edacious, efficacious, farinaceous, flirtatious, foliaceous, fugacious, gracious, hellacious, herbaceous, Ignatius, loquacious, mendacious, mordacious, ostentatious, perspicacious, pertinacious, pugnacious, rapacious, sagacious, salacious, saponaceous, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, spacious, tenacious, veracious, vexatious, vivacious, voracious

Definition of fallacious in US English:

fallacious

adjectivefəˈlāSHəsfəˈleɪʃəs

Based on a mistaken belief.
fallacious arguments
Example sentencesExamples
- As this magazine reluctantly pointed out at the time, it is based on a fallacious theory that the brain works in strict hierarchical order: that the midbrain develops before the cortex.
- Both the settlers and the far left believed that the disengagement could not take place because each group was gripped by a fallacious belief system, in which contradiction or dissent was impossible.
- Alex is hawk-eyed when it comes to spotting lazy reasoning or fallacious argument, and lightning-fast at exposing it where it occurs.
- Nonetheless, he has worked his way to becoming a committed supporter of free trade; and, in the two books we have here to consider, he refutes a large number of fallacious arguments in favor of trade restrictions.
- Some of Descartes' claims were fallacious such as his belief that the velocity of light is infinite.
- Speculation that MMR could be replaced by a series of individual vaccines was based on fallacious reasoning and would return Britain to the ‘dark ages’, he said.
- The important things about being skeptical are therefore understanding rational argument and understanding fallacious and fraudulent argument.…
- This argument is simply fallacious as both purposes can simultaneously apply.
- The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war.
- Now that I have covered his central arguments as fallacious, I would like to step back and look at the work as a whole.
- As ever the Telegraph is busy fulmigating against so many straw men and other fallacious arguments.
- Subscribers and practitioners of these fallacious beliefs were deemed at the time to be ‘properly schooled in science.’
- It is also a fallacious argument that heavy vehicles alone account for the recurring accidents.
- If you stop to think about it, this argument is totally fallacious.
- However, a careful examination of the proposed agreement exposes this argument as fallacious.
- The proofs are anecdotal or based on fallacious reasoning such as thinking that a correlation proves a causal connection.
- SIR - The campaign to save and restore the Odeon has been widely supported, but despite this, Bradford Centre Regeneration has advanced fallacious arguments that the scheme would prove too costly.
- I think this is an entirely fallacious argument, with little to no factual support.
- However, most of his evidence is in the form of specious and fallacious arguments.
- We believe that argument to be absurd and fallacious, and hope that defenders of liberty will recognise that it is exactly this kind of panic-stricken measure that will most gratify the killers.
Synonyms
erroneous, false, untrue, wrong, incorrect, faulty, flawed, inaccurate, inexact, imprecise, mistaken, misinformed, misguided, misleading, deceptive, delusive, delusory, illusory, sophistic, specious, fictitious, spurious, fabricated, distorted, made up, trumped up

Origin

Late 15th century: from Old French fallacieux, from Latin fallaciosus, from fallacia (see fallacy).

单词	fallacious
释义	Definition of fallacious in English: fallacious adjective fəˈleɪʃəsfəˈleɪʃəs Based on a mistaken belief. fallacious arguments Example sentencesExamples Alex is hawk-eyed when it comes to spotting lazy reasoning or fallacious argument, and lightning-fast at exposing it where it occurs. As ever the Telegraph is busy fulmigating against so many straw men and other fallacious arguments. Speculation that MMR could be replaced by a series of individual vaccines was based on fallacious reasoning and would return Britain to the ‘dark ages’, he said. As this magazine reluctantly pointed out at the time, it is based on a fallacious theory that the brain works in strict hierarchical order: that the midbrain develops before the cortex. Now that I have covered his central arguments as fallacious, I would like to step back and look at the work as a whole. The important things about being skeptical are therefore understanding rational argument and understanding fallacious and fraudulent argument.… We believe that argument to be absurd and fallacious, and hope that defenders of liberty will recognise that it is exactly this kind of panic-stricken measure that will most gratify the killers. This argument is simply fallacious as both purposes can simultaneously apply. Some of Descartes' claims were fallacious such as his belief that the velocity of light is infinite. However, a careful examination of the proposed agreement exposes this argument as fallacious. It is also a fallacious argument that heavy vehicles alone account for the recurring accidents. Both the settlers and the far left believed that the disengagement could not take place because each group was gripped by a fallacious belief system, in which contradiction or dissent was impossible. If you stop to think about it, this argument is totally fallacious. SIR - The campaign to save and restore the Odeon has been widely supported, but despite this, Bradford Centre Regeneration has advanced fallacious arguments that the scheme would prove too costly. I think this is an entirely fallacious argument, with little to no factual support. The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. Nonetheless, he has worked his way to becoming a committed supporter of free trade; and, in the two books we have here to consider, he refutes a large number of fallacious arguments in favor of trade restrictions. The proofs are anecdotal or based on fallacious reasoning such as thinking that a correlation proves a causal connection. However, most of his evidence is in the form of specious and fallacious arguments. Subscribers and practitioners of these fallacious beliefs were deemed at the time to be ‘properly schooled in science.’ Synonyms erroneous, false, untrue, wrong, incorrect, faulty, flawed, inaccurate, inexact, imprecise, mistaken, misinformed, misguided, misleading, deceptive, delusive, delusory, illusory, sophistic, specious, fictitious, spurious, fabricated, distorted, made up, trumped up baseless, groundless, unfounded, foundationless, unsubstantiated, unproven, unsupported, uncorroborated, ill-founded, without basis, without foundation informal bogus, phoney, iffy, dicey, full of holes, (way) off beam British informal dodgy Derivatives fallaciously adverb fəˈleɪʃəslifəˈleɪʃəsli At the time one reasons fallaciously, one. typically does so unwittingly (One does not very often commit fallacies deliberately). Example sentencesExamples Kupchan utilises some inappropriate historical analogies such as fallaciously comparing the Eastern and Western Roman Empire schism, which was as much about religious power as anything, to the growing friction between the EU and USA. He may start fallaciously believing that the Federal Reserve is not in fact part of the federal government, but is instead controlled by wealthy Zionists. fallaciousness noun fəˈleɪʃəsnəsfəˈleɪʃəsnəs But to submit moral and even political issues to a vote, at least to the logically minded, is to celebrate fallaciousness. Democratic rule is inherently irrational, built entirely on fallacy. Example sentencesExamples I suppose it would be pointless to explicate the obvious fallaciousness of that "logic"; those who don't already see it probably don't want to. Origin Early 16th century: from Old French fallacieux, from Latin fallaciosus, from fallacia (see fallacy). Rhymes Athanasius, audacious, bodacious, cactaceous, capacious, carbonaceous, contumacious, Cretaceous, curvaceous, disputatious, edacious, efficacious, farinaceous, flirtatious, foliaceous, fugacious, gracious, hellacious, herbaceous, Ignatius, loquacious, mendacious, mordacious, ostentatious, perspicacious, pertinacious, pugnacious, rapacious, sagacious, salacious, saponaceous, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, spacious, tenacious, veracious, vexatious, vivacious, voracious Definition of fallacious in US English: fallacious adjectivefəˈlāSHəsfəˈleɪʃəs Based on a mistaken belief. fallacious arguments Example sentencesExamples As this magazine reluctantly pointed out at the time, it is based on a fallacious theory that the brain works in strict hierarchical order: that the midbrain develops before the cortex. Both the settlers and the far left believed that the disengagement could not take place because each group was gripped by a fallacious belief system, in which contradiction or dissent was impossible. Alex is hawk-eyed when it comes to spotting lazy reasoning or fallacious argument, and lightning-fast at exposing it where it occurs. Nonetheless, he has worked his way to becoming a committed supporter of free trade; and, in the two books we have here to consider, he refutes a large number of fallacious arguments in favor of trade restrictions. Some of Descartes' claims were fallacious such as his belief that the velocity of light is infinite. Speculation that MMR could be replaced by a series of individual vaccines was based on fallacious reasoning and would return Britain to the ‘dark ages’, he said. The important things about being skeptical are therefore understanding rational argument and understanding fallacious and fraudulent argument.… This argument is simply fallacious as both purposes can simultaneously apply. The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. Now that I have covered his central arguments as fallacious, I would like to step back and look at the work as a whole. As ever the Telegraph is busy fulmigating against so many straw men and other fallacious arguments. Subscribers and practitioners of these fallacious beliefs were deemed at the time to be ‘properly schooled in science.’ It is also a fallacious argument that heavy vehicles alone account for the recurring accidents. If you stop to think about it, this argument is totally fallacious. However, a careful examination of the proposed agreement exposes this argument as fallacious. The proofs are anecdotal or based on fallacious reasoning such as thinking that a correlation proves a causal connection. SIR - The campaign to save and restore the Odeon has been widely supported, but despite this, Bradford Centre Regeneration has advanced fallacious arguments that the scheme would prove too costly. I think this is an entirely fallacious argument, with little to no factual support. However, most of his evidence is in the form of specious and fallacious arguments. We believe that argument to be absurd and fallacious, and hope that defenders of liberty will recognise that it is exactly this kind of panic-stricken measure that will most gratify the killers. Synonyms erroneous, false, untrue, wrong, incorrect, faulty, flawed, inaccurate, inexact, imprecise, mistaken, misinformed, misguided, misleading, deceptive, delusive, delusory, illusory, sophistic, specious, fictitious, spurious, fabricated, distorted, made up, trumped up Origin Late 15th century: from Old French fallacieux, from Latin fallaciosus, from fallacia (see fallacy).
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