Dictionary

fallacious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /fəˈleɪ.ʃəs/

Etymology

From Old French fallacieux (whence -acious), from Latin fallācia, from fallāx, from fallere.

Meanings

1. Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.
   • There is a widely diffused notion that among all specimens of animal creation man alone possesses any glimmering of reason. This notion is largely fallacious. It is one of those ideas, based upon superficial knowledge, which appeal to the sophisticated modern public. 1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 3:
2. Deceptive or misleading.

Forms

Antonyms

correct · accurate · true

Deriveds

fallaciousness · fallaciously · nonfallacious · unfallacious

Relateds

fallibility · fallibilist · illogical · illusive · falsification · failure · falsify · fallacy · falsity · false · deluded · faulty · fallible · falsifiable · falsificator · illusory · fallibilism · falsifier · fail · delusive

Synonyms

deceiving · misdirective · wrong · incorrect · mendacious · erroneous · deceitful

Translations (37)

ga fallásach (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · tr aldatıcı (deceptive or misleading) · scn fausu (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · ky жаңылыштык (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · tr yanlış (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · sv felaktig (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · pt falacioso (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · fi harhaanjohtava (deceptive or misleading) · ru ло́жный (deceptive or misleading) · fr fallacieux (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · nl bedrieglijk (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · fi virheellinen (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · de irreführend (deceptive or misleading) · ru оши́бочный (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · scn sbagghiatu (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · fi pettävä (deceptive or misleading) · pl chybiony (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · ky ката (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · pt erróneo (deceptive or misleading) · fi erheellinen (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · de trügerisch (deceptive or misleading) · fi paikkansapitämätön (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · cmn 謬誤的 /谬误的 (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · ru обма́нчивый (deceptive or misleading) · pl mylny (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · fi erehdyttävä (deceptive or misleading) · bg лъжлив (deceptive or misleading) · mi hāwatewate (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · mi tipatipa (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · es falaz (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · bg погрешен (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · la fallāx (deceptive or misleading) · la falsus (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · tr yanıltıcı (deceptive or misleading) · bg измамен (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · tr yanılgılı (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken) · bg неверен (deceptive or misleading)