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Synonyms for fallacious
fəˈleɪ ʃəsfal·la·cious
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Princeton's WordNet
fallacious, unsoundadjective
containing or based on a fallacy
"fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument"
Synonyms:
mentally ill, bad, deceitful, unfit, fraudulent, unstable, unsounddeceitful, fallacious, fraudulentadjective
intended to deceive
"deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"
Synonyms:
double-tongued, fraudulent, two-faced, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, ambidextrous, duplicitous, unsoundfallaciousadjective
based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information
"fallacious hope"
Synonyms:
unsound, deceitful, fraudulent
Dictionary of English Synonymes
fallaciousadjective
Synonyms:
deceptive, delusive, deceiving, illusive, illusory, misleading, disappointing, false
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
fallaciousadjective
Synonyms:
sophistical, misleading, illusive, untenable, inconsistent
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "fallacious":
specious, misleading, spurious, untruthful, false, imaginary, deceptive
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#841 | bad | |
#2392 | false | |
#10488 | unstable | |
#12256 | misleading | |
#15352 | fraudulent | |
#15937 | imaginary | |
#24641 | deceptive | |
#28336 | spurious | |
#29642 | unfit | |
#53805 | unsound | |
#55524 | deceitful | |
#71862 | specious | |
#74880 | fallacious | |
#83587 | ambidextrous | |
#118197 | duplicitous | |
#123607 | untruthful |
How to use fallacious in a sentence?
Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument. The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone; not only do they tend to become erased as the years go by, but often they change, or even increase by incorporating extraneous features.
The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular.
Translations for fallacious
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- погрешен, неверен, лъжлив, измаменBulgarian
- trügerisch, irreführendGerman
- erróneoSpanish
- غلطPersian
- erheellinen, paikkansapitämätön, harhaanjohtava, erehdyttävä, pettävä, virheellinenFinnish
- fallacieuxFrench
- ग़लतHindi
- ката, жаңылыштыкKyrgyz
- bedrieglijkDutch
- falacioso, erróneoPortuguese
- обманчивый, ложный, ошибочныйRussian
- felaktigSwedish
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