fallacy

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 See also 1.4 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English < Old French fallace < Latin fallacia (“‘deception, deceit’”) < fallax (“‘deceptive, deceitful’”) < fallere (“‘to deceive’”).

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fallacy (plural fallacies)

1. Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.
2. (logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not.

[edit] Derived terms

• logical fallacy
• formal fallacy
• informal fallacy

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• fail
• fallacious
• fallibilist
• fallibilism
• fallibility
• fallible

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• sophism
• Appendix:Glossary of fallacies

[edit] External links

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