That's not a valid argument. It's a logical fallacy.
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Fallacy
/ˈfæl.ə.si/
Synonyms for "fallacy" (204 found)
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Closest matches (41)
Noun(3 words)
aberrancyaberrationabsurdityalbigensianismantinomianismapparent soundnessargumentargument by analogyargumentum ad baculumargumentum ad captandumargumentum ad hominemarianismbad casebamboozlementbefoolingbegging the questionbluffingcalculated deceptioncasuistrycatharism
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Strong matches (61)
elusionemanatismempty wordsenmeshmentensnaremententanglemententrapmentequivocalnessequivocationerastianismerrancyerroneousnesserrorevasionevasive reasoningfallaciousnessfalse doctrinefalsehoodfalsenessfalsity
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faultfaultinessflawflawednessflimflamflimflammeryfond illusionfoolingformal fallacygnosticismhallucinationhamartiaheresyheterodoxyholehoodwinkinghylotheismhysteron proteronillusioninconsistencyinsincere argumentinsincerityinveracityjesuitismjesuitry
Noun(13 words)
equivocationserror countederror in reasoningfalsehoodsfaulty argumentflawsgap in reasoningillogicillogic flawsillogicalityillogicsillusionsirrationality
Adjective(3 words)
false ideaillogical argumentinherent flaw
Related words (102)
jovinianismkiddinglogical fallacylollardymanichaeanismmanichaeismmaterial fallacymere rhetoricmiragemisapplicationmisbeliefmiscalculationmisconceptionmisconstructionmisdoingmisfeasancemisinterpretationmisjudgmentmistakemisunderstanding
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monophysismmonophysitismmoonshinemystificationnon sequiturobfuscationobscurantismoutwittingoverreachingoversubtletypantheismparalogismpeccancypelagianismperversionpetitio principiiphantasmphilosophismplausibilityplausiblenesspseudosyllogismputting onquibblerationalizationself-contradictionself-deceptionsinsinfulnesssnow jobsolecismsong and dancesophismsophistical reasoningsophisticationsophistryspecial pleadingspeciosityspecious reasoningspeciousnessspooferyspoofingspuriousnesssubterfugesubtletyswindlingtrickinesstrickingtruthlessnessunorthodoxyuntruenessuntruthuntruthfulnessverbal fallacyvicious circlevicious reasoningvictimizationvisionwaldensianismweak pointwillful misconceptionwishful thinkingwrongwrongnesswyclifism
Adjective(3 words)
logical errorlogical incoherenceunfounded falsehood
Noun(14 words)
misconceptionmisreasoningmistakesmythperceived illogicpitfallpitfallspoor persuasionsolecismssophistriesstraw manstumblingtrick of rhetoricunsoundness
Verb(1 words)
observed inconsistency
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10 entriesad hominemappeal to emotionbandwagonfalse belieffalse causefalse dichotomymythrumorstraw mansuperstition
Collocations
6 entriesad hominem fallacyappeal to authority fallacycommon fallacyfalse cause fallacylogical fallacystraw man fallacy
Inflections
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2 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The fact that most criminals belong to a certain group does not imply that most members of that group are criminals. To claim that it does is to commit the inverse fallacy.
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Let me therefore enter upon this noble cause with a chearfulness, grounded upon this assurance, that my adversary's cause is maintain'd by nothing but fraud, fallacy, ignorance and barbarity; whereas mine has light, truth, reason, the practice and the learning of the best ages of the world, of its side.
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This is a fallacy.
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