What is another word for fallacy?
430 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ fˈaləsi], [ fˈaləsi], [ f_ˈa_l_ə_s_i]Table of Contents
Similar words for fallacy:- casuistry (noun)
- cognition (noun)
- deception (noun)
- delusion (noun)
- equivocation (noun)
- error (noun)
- falsehood (noun)
- false impression (noun)
- falsity (noun)
- heresy (noun)
- ignis fatuus (noun)
- illusion (noun)
- illusion, misconception (noun)
- misconception (noun)
- old wives' tale (noun)
- sophistry (noun)
- untruth (noun)
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- other relevant words
Synonyms for Fallacy:
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- perversion,
- bias,
- sophism,
- philosophy,
- principle,
- concept,
- solecism,
- ideal,
- inconsistency,
- prejudice,
- paradox,
- artifice,
- deceit,
- quibbling,
- misinterpretation,
- faith,
- subterfuge,
- quirk,
- belief,
- quibble,
- logic,
- thought,
- commitment,
- cavil,
- erratum,
- reason,
- illogicality,
- ambiguity,
- theory,
- sophistry,
- idea,
- preconception,
- invalidity,
- irrelevancy.
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- mix up.
- over subtleness,
- deceptivenesses,
- over-subtlenesses,
- over-subtleness,
- oversubtlenesses,
- over subtlenesses.
- jive,
- chicane,
- hogwash,
- jives,
- mare's-nest,
- cover up,
- fast one,
- fast shuffle,
- coverup,
- feint,
- chicanes.
- mis takes,
- mis apprehensions,
- mis-apprehensions,
- over-sight,
- mis-takes,
- over-sights,
- eidolons,
- self deceptions,
- fool paradise,
- selfdeception,
- self deception,
- mis take,
- mis apprehension,
- over sights,
- mis-take,
- over sight,
- self-deceptions,
- eidola,
- selfdeceptions,
- fools paradise,
- mis-apprehension.
- fibbing,
- quibbling routine,
- amphibology,
- double meaning,
- runaround,
- tergiversation,
- dissimulation,
- equivocality,
- shufflings.
- distortion,
- flaw,
- blunder,
- misprint,
- inaccuracy,
- miscalculation,
- misestimation,
- slip,
- gaffe,
- Misjudgment,
- defect,
- fault,
- typo,
- aberration,
- oversight,
- mistake.
- falseness,
- half truth,
- perjury,
- fable,
- Untruism,
- fallaciousness,
- half truths,
- fakery,
- feigning,
- mis-statement,
- misstatement,
- fibbery.
- un faithfulnesses,
- dis-ingenuousness,
- uncandidnesses,
- un-reality,
- un-candidness,
- un candidness,
- in sincerities,
- in fidelity,
- in-sincerities,
- un faithfulness,
- un reality,
- in-fidelities,
- in-sincerity,
- un-candidnesses,
- dis ingenuousnesses,
- in-fidelity,
- doubledealing,
- un candidnesses,
- dis-ingenuousnesses,
- in fidelities,
- un-faithfulness,
- un-faithfulnesses,
- dis ingenuousness,
- fraudulences,
- un-realities,
- in sincerity,
- un realities.
- dis-beliefs,
- iconoclasms,
- paganisms,
- dis sent,
- non-conformities,
- non conformity,
- nonconformisms,
- dis beliefs,
- secularisms,
- hetero-doxy,
- non-conformisms,
- dis-belief,
- dis-sents,
- hetero doxy,
- agnosticisms,
- revisionisms,
- non-conformism,
- hetero doxies,
- dis belief,
- non conformisms,
- hetero-doxies,
- non conformism,
- dis sents,
- non conformities,
- dis-sent,
- sectarianisms.
- makebelieve,
- figment imagination,
- ignus fatuu,
- mis-impressions,
- misimpressions,
- mis impression,
- hocus pocus,
- paramnesias,
- mis-impression,
- idolisms,
- mis impressions.
- mis constructions,
- mis-conceptions,
- mis construction,
- mis conceptions,
- mis interpretations,
- mistaken beliefs,
- mis-construction,
- mis-interpretation,
- mis-conception,
- mis-constructions,
- mis interpretation,
- mis-interpretations,
- mis conception.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words:- entanglement,
- apocryphal,
- betray,
- pantheism,
- claptrap,
- bad case,
- special pleading,
- Hysteron Proteron,
- plausibleness,
- stumble,
- Defrauding,
- dupery,
- fallacious,
- wander,
- defeat,
- Bluffing,
- deceive,
- deceitfulness,
- circularity,
- wishful thinking,
- Inveracity,
- flimflam,
- human error,
- weak point,
- jesuitism,
- rebut,
- have,
- hamartia,
- abnormal,
- equivocalness,
- impropriety,
- song and dance,
- mirage,
- untruthfulness,
- antinomianism,
- argumentum ad captandum,
- misapplication,
- hoodwinking,
- argument by analogy,
- circular argument,
- err,
- Elench,
- deviate,
- spurious,
- Antilogy,
- hallucination,
- destroy,
- inaccurate,
- old wives' tale,
- apparent soundness,
- erratic,
- fancy,
- bamboozle,
- obscurantism,
- mystification,
- invalidate,
- clinch an argument,
- fond illusion,
- parry,
- sinfulness,
- aberrancy,
- Misdoing,
- idol,
- unorthodoxy,
- preposterous,
- mislead,
- disconfirm,
- errant,
- Self-contradiction,
- misunderstanding,
- defectiveness,
- Deceiving,
- laxity,
- Phantasm,
- bubble,
- air,
- expose,
- subtlety,
- calculated deception,
- errancy,
- controvert,
- defraud,
- absurd,
- Redargue,
- shortcoming,
- digress,
- empty words,
- mis-report,
- bamboozlement,
- Misbelief,
- Fooling,
- moonshine,
- incorrect,
- unfit,
- misfeasance,
- Conning,
- untrue,
- negative,
- wrong,
- thin air,
- Miscomputation,
- Peccancy,
- silence,
- argument,
- formal fallacy,
- exaggeration,
- beguile,
- overreaching,
- delude,
- argumentum ad baculum,
- befooling,
- argumentum ad hominem,
- obfuscation,
- demolish,
- sophistication,
- entrapment,
- snow job,
- hole,
- mumpsimus,
- quodlibet,
- logical fallacy,
- discrepancy,
- Tricking,
- vapor,
- vicious circle,
- mere words,
- sell,
- disprove,
- plausibility,
- Speciosity,
- Elenchus,
- overthrow,
- absurdity,
- begging the question,
- misjudgement,
- truthlessness,
- Petitio Principii,
- reduce to silence,
- Quillet,
- false,
- misguided,
- misinform,
- improper,
- ensnarement,
- bad,
- rationalization,
- erroneous,
- spoofing,
- unjust,
- flimflammery,
- Swindling,
- Hylotheism,
- refute,
- bogus,
- outwitting,
- cheat,
- wrongful,
- cant,
- mockery,
- explode,
- swerve,
- sin,
- amiss,
- cloud,
- open one's eyes,
- Philosophism,
- faulty,
- misleading,
- victimization,
- shut up,
- delusiveness,
- circumvent,
- depart,
- enmeshment,
- shadow,
- untrueness,
- phantom,
- disingenuousness,
- confound,
- vision,
- luminary,
- Kidding,
- loophole,
- insincerity,
- rove,
- pretend,
- circumvention,
- wrongness,
- insanity,
- dream,
- confuse,
- mendacity,
- roam,
- jesuitry,
- imagination,
- confute,
- false light,
- deviancy,
- abusive,
- perverse,
- break,
- trickiness.
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
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
misconception, falsehood, misinterpretation, misapprehension, delusion, mistake, illusion, misunderstanding, error, aberration.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Fallacy:
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n.
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illusion, misconception
conformity, meeting, directness, fairness, correction, surety, truthfulness, frankness, fact, right, accuracy, reality, facing, certainty, truth, honesty, openness, sameness, evidence.
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Other antonyms:
credibility, genuineness, trustworthiness, actuality, veracity, correctness, factualness.
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illusion, misconception
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.
Hypernym for Fallacy:
n.
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cognition
pathetic fallacy, sophism, sophistication, logical fallacy, sophistry, paralogism, pseudoscience.
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cognition
Hyponym for Fallacy:
n.
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cognition
misconception.
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cognition