What does "paralogism" mean?

A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical.

How do you pronounce "paralogism"?

Pronounced //pəˈɹæləd͡ʒɪzəm//.

Common synonyms include: argument, argument by analogy, argumentum ad baculum, argumentum ad captandum, argumentum ad hominem, aristotelian sorites.

/pəˈɹæləd͡ʒɪzəm/ noun

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Noun

1
A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical.
"Which is a Paralogism not admittible; a fallacy that dwels not in a cloud, and needs not the Sun to scatter it."
2
an unintentionally invalid argument wordnet

"Which is a Paralogism not admittible; a fallacy that dwels not in a cloud, and needs not the Sun to scatter it."

Borrowed from Middle French paralogisme, from Late Latin paralogismus, from Ancient Greek παραλογισμός (paralogismós).