Synonyms for Paralogism

Synonyms for "paralogism" (42 found)

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Closest matches (9)

argument argument by analogy argumentum ad baculum argumentum ad captandum argumentum ad hominem aristotelian sorites bad case begging the question categorical syllogism

Strong matches (12)

circular argument claptrap crowd-pleasing argument dilemma empty words enthymeme fallacy figure formal fallacy goclenian sorites hysteron proteron insincere argument

Related words (21)

Related word relations

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More general

2 entries

fallacy false belief

Related terms

1 entries

syllogism

is a

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fallacy

related to

5 entries

argument conclusion fallacious illogical syllogism

Translations

20 translations across 14 languages.

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Bulgarian

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неправилно заключение noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)

Czech

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paralogismus noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)

Dutch

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denkfout noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)

Esperanto

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paralogismo noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)

Finnish

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paralogismi noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)
virhepäätelmä noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)

French

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paralogie noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)
paralogisme noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)

German

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Paralogismus noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)

Ido

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paralogismo noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)

Irish

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claonloighic noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)

Italian

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cavillo noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)
paralogismo noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)
scappatoia noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)
sofisma noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)

Polish

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paralogizm noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)

Portuguese

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paralogismo noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)

Russian

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непра́вильное умозаключе́ние noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)
паралоги́зм noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)

Tagalog

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sinsaymatwiran noun (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion)

Sample sentences

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Which is a Paralogism not admittible; a fallacy that dwels not in a cloud, and needs not the Sun to scatter it.

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Paralogism