What is another word for fallacy?
489 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ fˈaləsi], [ fˈaləsi], [ f_ˈa_l_ə_s_i]
Fallacy is defined as an error in reasoning or a mistaken belief that is based on faulty logic. Synonyms for fallacy include misconception, misbelief, delusion, mistaken notion, error, deceit, and lie. Another synonym for fallacy is fiction, as it refers to a false or imaginary idea or story. In addition, the terms fallaciousness, falsehood, and inaccuracy are related synonyms that imply a lack of truth or reliability in a belief or statement. It's important to recognize fallacies in our thinking and arguments in order to avoid propagating false information or beliefs. Using these synonyms can help us communicate more accurately and effectively.
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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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- 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:
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
lie.
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Noun, singular or mass
aberration, delusion, error, falsehood, illusion, misapprehension, misconception, misinterpretation, mistake, misunderstanding.
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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:
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cognition
misconception.
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cognition
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thinkingly
- Synonyms:
- intelligently, meditatively, pensively, reflectively, thoughtfully, Contemplatively, fancily, Ponderingly.
