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单词 fallacy
释义 fal·la·cy
\ˈfaləsē, -si\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Latin fallacia, from fallac-, fallax deceitful (from fallere to deceive) + -ia -y — more at fail
1.
 a. obsolete : guile, trickery
 b. : deceptive or false appearance : something that misleads the eye or the mind : deception
  < it appears that … the descent is perpendicular but this … is a fallacy of the eye caused by the distance — Anthony Trollope >
2.
 a. : a false or erroneous idea
  < parents console themselves by the American fallacy that one can only be young once — Elizabeth Bowen >
 b. : erroneous or fallacious character : erroneousness
  < the fallacy of such a suit for military use should at once be apparent — H.G.Armstrong >
3. : a plausible reasoning that fails to satisfy the conditions of valid argument or correct inference — see formal fallacy, material fallacy, verbal fallacy
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