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Fallacious (Adjective)

Meaning 1

Based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information; "fallacious hope".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Related Words

  • Fallaciousness (noun)

Meaning 2

Intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

  • Fraudulent
  • Deceitful

Meaning 3

Containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

  • The politician's argument that the economy would improve simply because he said so was fallacious and lacked any real evidence.
  • The detective realized that the suspect's alibi was fallacious and that he had been lying about his whereabouts.
  • The philosopher's theory was based on a fallacious assumption that humans are inherently selfish, which many experts disputed.
  • The advertisement's claim that the product would cure any illness was fallacious and had been debunked by numerous scientific studies.
  • The student's essay was marked down for containing fallacious arguments and a lack of credible sources to support her claims.

Synonyms

  • Unsound

Related Words

  • Fallacy (noun)
  • Fallaciousness (noun)
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