Bad reasoning

Synonyms for "bad reasoning" (15 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)
begging the questioncircular logiceither false choice

Strong matches (5)

Adjective(5 words)
false choicefalse dilemmafaultyfaulty logicflawed

Related words (7)

Adjective(6 words)
illogicalimperfect reasoninginvalid reasoningpoor logictautologyunscientific thinking
Noun(1 words)
unscientific thinking pattern

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

4 entries
cognitive attributecognitive errorlogical errorreasoning quality

More specific

9 entries
begging the questioncircular reasoningfallacious reasoningfalse choicefalse dilemmahasty generalizationnon sequiturovergeneralizationtautology

Collocations

11 entries
bad reasoning approachbad reasoning methodbad reasoning patternbad reasoning processbad reasoning stylecircular reasoningfallacious reasoningfalse dichotomyfaulty logicflawed reasoningpoor reasoning

Inflections

3 entries
bad reasoningsworse reasoningworst reasoning

Derivations

4 entries
badness of reasoningreasonablereasonablyreasoner