Word Type

Noun

The word "fallacy" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Galileo fallacy Goomba fallacy Monte Carlo fallacy Texas sharpshooter fallacy apex fallacy association fallacy bandwagon fallacy base rate fallacy black swan fallacy conceptual fallacy conjunction fallacy counterfallacy ethnocentric fallacy etymological fallacy fallacious fallacy fallacy fallacy of composition formal fallacy gambler's fallacy genetic fallacy glazier's fallacy informal fallacy intensional fallacy intentional fallacy just-world fallacy logical fallacy ludic fallacy masked man fallacy masked-man fallacy naturalistic fallacy nirvana fallacy no true Scotsman fallacy pathetic fallacy phallusy sunk costs fallacy toupee fallacy toupée fallacy

Context

logic

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

misconception

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

formal fallacy informal fallacy

Type Of (IsA)

misconception

Related Terms

fail fallible sophism

Related Terms

argument deceptive fail fallacious fallibilism fallibilist fallibility fallible false lie palsy sophism specious untruth

Synonym Network

delusion misconception

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