Her line of reasoning is attractive, but ultimately fallacious.
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Fallacious
/fəˈleɪ.ʃəs/
Synonyms for "fallacious" (212 found)
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Closest matches (43)
aberrantabroadabsonantadriftairyalbigensianall abroadall in the mindall offall wrongamissantinomianapocryphalapparentapparently soundapparitionalarianaskewastrayat fault
Strong matches (63)
deludingdelusionaldelusionarydelusivedelusorydereisticdeviantdeviationaldeviativedisingenuousdistorteddonatistdreamlikedreamydubiousebionitistemanationistemptyerastianerrant
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erringerroneousfalsefantasticfantasticalfaultfulfaultyfishyflawedgnostichallucinatoryhereticalheterodoxhollowhylotheisthylotheisticillogicalillusionalillusionaryillusiveillusoryimaginaryin errorinaccurateinauthenticinconclusiveincongruousinconsequentinconsequentialinconsistentincorrectinexactinsincereinvalid
Adjective(8 words)
Noun(1 words)
illogical belief
Related words (106)
Adjective(13 words)
invalid conclusioninvalid reasoningirrational logicianlogical fallacylogical incoherencemisleadingspeciousunlogicalunsound conclusionunsound reasoningunsoundestunsupported reasoningwrongheaded
irrationaljansenistjansenisticjesuiticjesuiticaljovinianistjovinianisticlollardloosemadmanichaeanmendaciousmisguidedmisleadingmistakenmonophysitemonophysiticmontanistmontanisticnonorthodox
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nonrationalnonscientificnot followingnot rightnot trueoffoff the trackostensibleoutoverrefinedoversubtlepantheistpantheisticparalogicalpeccantpelagianperversepervertedphantasmagoricphantasmalphantomphilosophisticplausiblequestionablereasonlesssabellianseemingself-annullingself-contradictoryself-deceptiveself-deludingself-refutingsenselesssophisticsophisticalspeciousspectralstrayingsupposititioustrickishtricksytrickytruthlessunacceptedunactualunapprovedunauthenticunauthoritativeuncanonicalunconnectedunfactualunfoundedunorthodoxunphilosophicalunprovedunrealunreasonableunscientificunscripturalunsoundunsubstantialuntruevisionarywaldensianwidewithout reasonwithout rhyme or reasonwrongwyclifite
Noun(4 words)
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More general
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4 entriesappeal to emotionhasty generalizationnon sequiturstraw man
Collocations
6 entriesfallacious argumentfallacious claimfallacious conclusionfallacious premisefallacious reasoningfallacious thinking
Inflections
2 entriesmore fallaciousmost fallacious
Derivations
3 entriessimilar
5 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Tom messaged Mary a fallacious article on margarine and regretted it afterwards.
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There is a widely diffused notion that among all specimens of animal creation man alone possesses any glimmering of reason. This notion is largely fallacious. It is one of those ideas, based upon superficial knowledge, which appeal to the sophisticated modern public.
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