fallacious

English

Etymology

fallacy +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fə.ˈleɪ.ʃəs/
• 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.

Related terms

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

Translations

characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken

• Bulgarian: погрешен (bg) (pogrešen), измамен (bg) (izmamen)
• Dutch: bedrieglijk (nl)
• Finnish: virheellinen (fi), paikkansapitämätön, (literary, poetic) erheellinen (fi)
• French: fallacieux (fr)
• Irish: fallásach
• Kyrgyz: жаңылыштык (ky) (jaŋılıştık), ката (ky) (kata)
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• Maori: hāwatewate
• Polish: mylny (pl), chybiony
• Portuguese: falacioso
• Russian: оши́бочный (ru) (ošíbočnyj)
• Spanish: erróneo (es)
• Swedish: felaktig (sv)
• Turkish: yanlış (tr), yanılgılı

deceptive or misleading

• Bulgarian: неверен (bg) (neveren), лъжлив (bg) (lǎžliv)
• Finnish: harhaanjohtava (fi), pettävä (fi), erehdyttävä (fi)
• German: irreführend (de), trügerisch (de)
• Latin: fallax
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• Portuguese: erróneo (pt)
• Russian: ло́жный (ru) (lóžnyj), обма́нчивый (ru) (obmánčivyj)
• Turkish: aldatıcı (tr), yanıltıcı (tr)

See also

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

Further reading

• “fallacious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “fallacious”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “fallacious”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.