What is another word for fallacy?
Pronunciation:
[ fˈaləsi], [ fˈaləsi], [ f_ˈa_l_ə_s_i]
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Similar words for fallacy:
- casuistry (noun)
- cognition (noun)
- deception (noun)
- delusion (noun)
- equivocation (noun)
- error (noun)
- false impression (noun)
- falsehood (noun)
- falsity (noun)
- heresy (noun)
- ignis fatuus (noun)
- illusion (noun)
- illusion, misconception (noun)
- misconception (noun)
- old wives' tale (noun)
- sophistry (noun)
- untruth (noun)
Synonyms for Fallacy:
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n.
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- belief ,
- commitment ,
- concept ,
- faith ,
- idea ,
- ideal ,
- irrelevancy ,
- logic ,
- philosophy ,
- principle ,
- reason ,
- theory ,
- thought .
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- mix up .
- deceptivenesses ,
- over subtleness ,
- over subtlenesses ,
- over-subtleness ,
- over-subtlenesses ,
- oversubtlenesses .
- chicane ,
- chicanes ,
- cover up ,
- coverup ,
- fast one ,
- fast shuffle ,
- feint ,
- hogwash ,
- jive ,
- jives ,
- mare's-nest .
- eidola ,
- eidolons ,
- fool paradise ,
- fools paradise ,
- mis apprehension ,
- mis apprehensions ,
- mis take ,
- mis takes ,
- mis-apprehension ,
- mis-apprehensions ,
- mis-take ,
- mis-takes ,
- over sight ,
- over sights ,
- over-sight ,
- over-sights ,
- self deception ,
- self deceptions ,
- self-deceptions ,
- selfdeception ,
- selfdeceptions .
- amphibology ,
- dissimulation ,
- double meaning ,
- equivocality ,
- fibbing ,
- quibbling routine ,
- runaround ,
- shufflings .
- Misjudgment ,
- aberration ,
- blunder ,
- defect ,
- distortion ,
- fault ,
- flaw ,
- gaffe ,
- inaccuracy ,
- miscalculation ,
- misestimation ,
- misprint ,
- mistake ,
- oversight ,
- slip ,
- typo .
- dis ingenuousness ,
- dis ingenuousnesses ,
- dis-ingenuousness ,
- dis-ingenuousnesses ,
- doubledealing ,
- fraudulences ,
- in fidelities ,
- in fidelity ,
- in sincerities ,
- in sincerity ,
- in-fidelities ,
- in-fidelity ,
- in-sincerities ,
- in-sincerity ,
- un candidness ,
- un candidnesses ,
- un faithfulness ,
- un faithfulnesses ,
- un realities ,
- un reality ,
- un-candidness ,
- un-candidnesses ,
- un-faithfulness ,
- un-faithfulnesses ,
- un-realities ,
- un-reality ,
- uncandidnesses .
- agnosticisms ,
- dis belief ,
- dis beliefs ,
- dis sent ,
- dis sents ,
- dis-belief ,
- dis-beliefs ,
- dis-sent ,
- dis-sents ,
- hetero doxies ,
- hetero doxy ,
- hetero-doxies ,
- hetero-doxy ,
- iconoclasms ,
- non conformism ,
- non conformisms ,
- non conformities ,
- non conformity ,
- non-conformism ,
- non-conformisms ,
- non-conformities ,
- nonconformisms ,
- paganisms ,
- revisionisms ,
- sectarianisms ,
- secularisms .
- figment imagination ,
- hocus pocus ,
- idolisms ,
- ignus fatuu ,
- makebelieve ,
- mis impression ,
- mis impressions ,
- mis-impression ,
- mis-impressions ,
- misimpressions ,
- paramnesias .
- mis conception ,
- mis conceptions ,
- mis construction ,
- mis constructions ,
- mis interpretation ,
- mis interpretations ,
- mis-conception ,
- mis-conceptions ,
- mis-construction ,
- mis-constructions ,
- mis-interpretation ,
- mis-interpretations ,
- mistaken beliefs .
Other synonyms:
- sophism .
Other relevant words:
- Antilogy ,
- Bluffing ,
- Conning ,
- Deceiving ,
- Defrauding ,
- Elench ,
- Elenchus ,
- Fooling ,
- Hylotheism ,
- Hysteron Proteron ,
- Ignis Fatuus ,
- Inveracity ,
- Kidding ,
- Misbelief ,
- Miscomputation ,
- Misdoing ,
- Peccancy ,
- Petitio Principii ,
- Phantasm ,
- Philosophism ,
- Quillet ,
- Redargue ,
- Self-contradiction ,
- Speciosity ,
- Swindling ,
- Tricking ,
- aberrancy ,
- abnormal ,
- absurd ,
- absurdity ,
- abusive ,
- air ,
- ambiguity ,
- amiss ,
- antinomianism ,
- apocryphal ,
- apparent soundness ,
- argument ,
- argument by analogy ,
- argumentum ad baculum ,
- argumentum ad captandum ,
- argumentum ad hominem ,
- artifice ,
- bad ,
- bad case ,
- bamboozle ,
- bamboozlement ,
- befooling ,
- begging the question ,
- beguile ,
- betray ,
- bias ,
- bogus ,
- break ,
- bubble ,
- calculated deception ,
- cant ,
- casuistry ,
- cavil ,
- cheat ,
- circular argument ,
- circularity ,
- circumvent ,
- circumvention ,
- claptrap ,
- clinch an argument ,
- cloud ,
- confound ,
- confuse ,
- confute ,
- controvert ,
- deceit ,
- deceitfulness ,
- deceive ,
- deception ,
- deceptiveness ,
- defeat ,
- defectiveness ,
- defraud ,
- delude ,
- delusiveness ,
- demolish ,
- depart ,
- destroy ,
- deviancy ,
- deviate ,
- deviation ,
- digress ,
- disconfirm ,
- discrepancy ,
- disingenuousness ,
- disprove ,
- dream ,
- dupery ,
- elusion ,
- empty words ,
- enmeshment ,
- ensnarement ,
- entanglement ,
- entrapment ,
- equivocalness ,
- equivocation ,
- err ,
- errancy ,
- errant ,
- erratic ,
- erratum ,
- erroneous ,
- evasion ,
- exaggeration ,
- explode ,
- expose ,
- fable ,
- fallacious ,
- fallaciousness ,
- false ,
- false belief ,
- false impression ,
- false light ,
- fancy ,
- faultiness ,
- faulty ,
- flimflam ,
- flimflammery ,
- fond illusion ,
- formal fallacy ,
- hallucination ,
- hamartia ,
- have ,
- heresy ,
- heterodoxy ,
- hole ,
- hoodwinking ,
- human error ,
- idol ,
- illogicality ,
- illusion ,
- imagination ,
- improper ,
- impropriety ,
- inaccurate ,
- inconsistency ,
- incorrect ,
- incorrectness ,
- inexactness ,
- insanity ,
- insincerity ,
- invalidate ,
- jesuitism ,
- jesuitry ,
- laxity ,
- logical fallacy ,
- loophole ,
- luminary ,
- mendacity ,
- mere words ,
- mirage ,
- mis-report ,
- mis-statement ,
- misapplication ,
- misconstrual ,
- misfeasance ,
- misguided ,
- misinform ,
- misinterpretation ,
- misjudgement ,
- mislead ,
- misleading ,
- misunderstanding ,
- mockery ,
- moonshine ,
- mumpsimus ,
- mystification ,
- negative ,
- notion ,
- obfuscation ,
- obscurantism ,
- old wives' tale ,
- open one's eyes ,
- outwitting ,
- overreaching ,
- overthrow ,
- pantheism ,
- paradox ,
- paralogism ,
- parry ,
- perverse ,
- perversion ,
- phantom ,
- plausibility ,
- plausibleness ,
- preconception ,
- prejudice ,
- preposterous ,
- pretend ,
- quibble ,
- quibbling ,
- quirk ,
- quodlibet ,
- rationalization ,
- rebut ,
- reduce to silence ,
- refute ,
- roam ,
- rove ,
- self-deception ,
- sell ,
- shadow ,
- shortcoming ,
- shut up ,
- silence ,
- sin ,
- sinfulness ,
- snow job ,
- solecism ,
- song and dance ,
- sophistication ,
- sophistry ,
- special pleading ,
- spoofing ,
- spurious ,
- stumble ,
- subterfuge ,
- subtlety ,
- swerve ,
- tergiversation ,
- thin air ,
- trickiness ,
- truthlessness ,
- unfit ,
- unjust ,
- unorthodoxy ,
- untrue ,
- untrueness ,
- untruthfulness ,
- vapor ,
- vicious circle ,
- victimization ,
- vision ,
- wander ,
- weak point ,
- wishful thinking ,
- wrong ,
- wrongful ,
- wrongness .
- Double dealing ,
- Eidolon ,
- Equivoque ,
- Hocuspocus ,
- Idolism ,
- Illusions ,
- Paralogy ,
- Visions ,
- agnosticism ,
- error ,
- fairy stories ,
- fairy story ,
- false knowledge ,
- falsehood ,
- figment ,
- figment of imagination ,
- fraudulence ,
- heterodoxies ,
- hypocrisy ,
- iconoclasm ,
- ignus fatuus ,
- infidelity ,
- lore ,
- misconception ,
- misconstruction ,
- misconstructions ,
- misimpression ,
- mistaken belief ,
- non-conformity ,
- nonconformism ,
- oversubtleness ,
- paganism ,
- paramnesia ,
- revisionism ,
- sectarianism ,
- secularism ,
- seemings ,
- subtle argument ,
- superstitious belief ,
- tall story ,
- uncandidness ,
- unrealities ,
- unreality .
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How to use "Fallacy" in context?
When we use the term fallacy, we are usually thinking of a mistake in reasoning. There are several types of fallacies, but they all share a common feature: they lead to incorrect conclusions.
One of the most common fallacies is the assumes-implies fallacy. This Fallacy is committed when we Jump to a conclusion based on two pieces of information - the first being a premise, and the second being a conclusion. The premise might be "All Russians are evil," and the conclusion might be "Since all Russians are evil, you must be too.
Paraphrases for Fallacy:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
lie.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
aberration, delusion, error, falsehood, illusion, misapprehension, misconception, misinterpretation, mistake, misunderstanding.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Fallacy:
- flag, foliaceous, foliose, flick, folksy, foliage, flush, folk, flack, flies, floccose, flexuous, felis, feel like, false, flesh, flask, fils, fuel gauge, fleshy, falco, flake, flax, flawless, flex, false sago, felucca, flash, file-like, floozie, flakey, Felis Chaus, foolish, flukey, felicia, floozy, fabulous, fleck, floss, filago, fly ash, filch, flashy, flux, fly high, floc, follies, flossy, flock, full house, fall guy, fallacious, falsie, full-size, falls, fleece, fleecy, fluke, folks, flog, flak, fulica, flowage, fluky, flaky.
Hyponym for Fallacy:
n.
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cognition
misconception.
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cognition
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- Synonyms:
- intelligently, meditatively, pensively, reflectively, thoughtfully, Contemplatively, fancily, Ponderingly.