That's not a valid argument. It's a logical fallacy.
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Fallacy
//ˈfæl.ə.si//
Synonyms for "fallacy" (175 found)
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Strong matches (53)
delusivenessdeviancydisingenuousnessdistortionduperyebionitismelusionemanatismempty wordsenmeshmentensnaremententanglemententrapmentequivocalnessequivocationerastianismerrancyerroneousnesserrorevasion
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evasive reasoningfallaciousnessfalse doctrinefalsehoodfalsenessfalsityfaultfaultinessflawflawednessflimflamflimflammeryfond illusionfoolingformal fallacygnosticismhallucinationhamartiaheresyheterodoxyholehoodwinkinghylotheismhysteron proteronillusioninconsistencyinsincere argumentinsincerityinveracityjesuitismjesuitry
Noun(2 words)
Related words (87)
jovinianismkiddinglogical fallacylollardymanichaeanismmanichaeismmaterial fallacymere rhetoricmiragemisapplicationmisbeliefmiscalculationmisconstructionmisdoingmisfeasancemisinterpretationmisjudgmentmistakemisunderstandingmonophysism
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monophysitismmoonshinemystificationnon sequiturobfuscationobscurantismoutwittingoverreachingoversubtletypantheismparalogismpeccancypelagianismperversionpetitio principiiphantasmphilosophismplausibilityplausiblenesspseudosyllogismputting onquibblerationalizationself-contradictionself-deceptionsinsinfulnesssnow jobsolecismsong and dancesophismsophistical reasoningsophisticationsophistryspecial pleadingspeciosityspecious reasoningspeciousnessspooferyspoofingspuriousnesssubterfugesubtletyswindlingtrickinesstrickingtruthlessnessunorthodoxyuntruenessuntruthuntruthfulnessverbal fallacyvicious circlevicious reasoningvictimizationvisionwaldensianismweak pointwillful misconceptionwishful thinkingwrongwrongnesswyclifism
Noun(4 words)
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14 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 38 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παραλογισμός noun (false argument)
Arabic
1 entries- مُغَالَطَة noun (false argument)
Bulgarian
2 entries- заблуда noun (deceptive or false appearance)
- софизъм noun (false argument)
Catalan
1 entries- fal·làcia noun (false argument)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 謬誤 /谬误 noun (false argument)
Czech
2 entries- klam noun (deceptive or false appearance)
- logický klam noun (false argument)
Danish
1 entries- fejlslutning noun (false argument)
Dutch
4 entries- bedrieglijkheid noun (deceptive or false appearance)
- drogreden noun (false argument)
- schijnreden noun (false argument)
- sofisme noun (false argument)
Esperanto
1 entries- sofismo noun (deceptive or false appearance)
Finnish
4 entries- argumentointivirhe noun (false argument)
- harha noun (deceptive or false appearance)
- virhe noun (false argument)
- virhepäätelmä noun (false argument)
French
2 entries- sophisme noun (false argument)
- tromperie noun (deceptive or false appearance)
Galician
1 entries- falacia noun (false argument)
German
3 entries- Fehlschluss noun (false argument)
- Trugschluss noun (false argument)
- Täuschung noun (deceptive or false appearance)
Greek
1 entries- πλάνη noun (deceptive or false appearance)
Hindi
2 entries- मिथ्या noun (deceptive or false appearance)
- मिथ्या noun (false argument)
Hungarian
2 entries- félrevezetés noun (deceptive or false appearance)
- megtévesztés noun (deceptive or false appearance)
Icelandic
1 entries- rökvilla noun (false argument)
Irish
1 entries- lúb ar lár noun (false argument)
Italian
1 entries- fallacia noun (false argument)
Japanese
4 entries- いんちき noun (deceptive or false appearance)
- 欺瞞 noun (deceptive or false appearance)
- 欺騙 noun (deceptive or false appearance)
- 詭弁 noun (false argument)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- адашуу noun (deceptive or false appearance)
- жаңылыштык noun (deceptive or false appearance)
Macedonian
1 entries- софизам noun (false argument)
Māori
1 entries- pōhēhētanga noun (deceptive or false appearance)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tankefeil noun (false argument)
Polish
2 entries- błąd logiczny noun (deceptive or false appearance)
- sofizmat noun (false argument)
Portuguese
2 entries- falácia noun (false argument)
- ilusão noun (deceptive or false appearance)
Romanian
1 entries- sofism noun (false argument)
Russian
4 entries- заблужде́ние noun (false argument)
- ло́жный вы́вод noun (false argument)
- обма́нчивость noun (deceptive or false appearance)
- софи́зм noun (false argument)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- logička pogreška noun (false argument)
- obmana noun (deceptive or false appearance)
- zabluda noun (false argument)
Spanish
1 entries- falacia noun (false argument)
Swedish
2 entries- bedräglighet noun (deceptive or false appearance)
- felslut noun (false argument)
Tagalog
1 entries- kasinsayan noun (false argument)
Thai
1 entries- ตรรกวิบัติ noun (false argument)
Turkish
4 entries- aldatı noun (false argument)
- mantıksızlık noun (deceptive or false appearance)
- mugalata noun (deceptive or false appearance)
- yanlış noun (deceptive or false appearance)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ома́на noun (deceptive or false appearance)
- ома́на noun (false argument)
Urdu
1 entries- مُغالطَہ noun (deceptive or false appearance)
Vietnamese
3 entries- ngộ biện noun (deceptive or false appearance)
- ngộ biện noun (false argument)
- ngụy biện noun (deceptive or false appearance)
Welsh
1 entries- camsyniad noun (false argument)
Sample sentences
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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.
Source: tatoeba (6483247)
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.
Source: tatoeba (8578221)
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