Synonyms for Fallacious

Synonyms for "fallacious" (202 found)

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Closest matches (41)

invalid aberrant abroad absonant adrift airy albigensian all abroad all in the mind all off all wrong amiss antinomian apocryphal apparent apparently sound apparitional arian askew astray

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at fault autistic awry barmecidal barmecide beguiling beside the mark casuistic catchy catharist chimeric chimerical circular colorable contradictory contrary to fact contrary to reason corrupt deceiving

Adjective(1 words)

deceitful

Adjective(1 words)

deceitful

Strong matches (60)

Related words (101)

inconsequential inconsistent incorrect inexact insincere irrational jansenist jansenistic jesuitic jesuitical jovinianist jovinianistic lollard loose mad manichaean misguided misleading mistaken monophysite

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Adjective(7 words)

incorrect janus-faced mendacious misdirective swike treacherous wrong

Adjective(1 words)

unsound

Related word relations

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Synonyms

1 entries

fraudulent

Related terms

20 entries

deluded delusive fail failure fallacy fallibilism fallibilist fallibility fallible false falsifiable falsification falsificator falsifier falsify falsity

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derived

4 entries

fallaciously fallaciousness nonfallacious unfallacious

derived from

1 entries

fallacy

related to

28 entries

deceitful deceiving deceptive delusive erroneous fail failure fallacy fallibilism fallibilist fallibility fallible false falsifiable falsification falsificator

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similar

7 entries

dishonest dishonorable incorrect invalid wrong

Translations

36 translations across 16 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries

измамен adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)
лъжлив adj (deceptive or misleading)
неверен adj (deceptive or misleading)
погрешен adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

謬誤的 /谬误的 adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)

Dutch

1 entries

bedrieglijk adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)

Finnish

4 entries

erehdyttävä adj (deceptive or misleading)
erheellinen adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)
harhaanjohtava adj (deceptive or misleading)
paikkansapitämätön adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)

French

1 entries

fallacieux adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)

German

2 entries

irreführend adj (deceptive or misleading)
trügerisch adj (deceptive or misleading)

Irish

1 entries

fallásach adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

жаңылыштык adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)
ката adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)

Latin

2 entries

fallāx adj (deceptive or misleading)
falsus adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)

Māori

2 entries

hāwatewate adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)
tipatipa adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)

Polish

2 entries

chybiony adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)
mylny adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)

Portuguese

2 entries

erróneo adj (deceptive or misleading)
falacioso adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)

Russian

3 entries

ло́жный adj (deceptive or misleading)
обма́нчивый adj (deceptive or misleading)
оши́бочный adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)

Spanish

2 entries

erróneo adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)
falaz adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)

Swedish

1 entries

felaktig adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)

Turkish

4 entries

aldatıcı adj (deceptive or misleading)
yanlış adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)
yanılgılı adj (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)
yanıltıcı adj (deceptive or misleading)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Her line of reasoning is attractive, but ultimately fallacious.

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Tom messaged Mary a fallacious article on margarine and regretted it afterwards.

Source: tatoeba (6590290)

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.

Source: wiktionary

Fallacious