fallacious

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Adjective

fallacious (comparative more fallacious, superlative most fallacious)

1. Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.
2. Deceptive or misleading.

Usage notes

• Nouns often used with "fallacious": argument, reasoning, etc.

Translations

Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken

• Bulgarian: погрешен (bg) (pogrešen), измамен (bg) (izmamen)
• Dutch: bedrieglijk (nl)
• Finnish: virheellinen, paikkansapitämätön; (literary, poetic) erheellinen
• French: fallacieux (fr)

• Kyrgyz: жаңылыштык (ky) (cañılıştık), ката (ky) (kata)
• Russian: ошибочный (ru) (ošíbočnyj)
• Spanish: erróneo (es)
• Swedish: felaktig (sv)

Deceptive or misleading

• Bulgarian: неверен (bg) (neveren), лъжлив (bg) (lǎžliv)
• Finnish: harhaanjohtava, pettävä, erehdyttävä

• Russian: ложный (ru) (lóžnyj), обманчивый (ru) (obmánčivyj)

See also

• wrong
• incorrect
• illogical
• deceiving
• deceitful
• misleading
• delusive
• illusive
• illusory
• erroneous
• faulty
• specious

Related terms

• fail
• failure
• fallacy
• fallibilism
• fallibilist
• fallibility
• fallible
• false
• falsifiable
• falsification
• falsificator
• falsifier
• falsify
• falsity

External links

• fallacious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• fallacious in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• fallacious at OneLook Dictionary Search