paralogism
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French paralogisme, form Late Latin paralogismus, from Ancient Greek παραλογισμός (paralogismós).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
paralogism (plural paralogisms)
- A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.ii:
- Which is a Paralogism not admittible; a fallacy that dwels not in a cloud, and needs not the Sun to scatter it.
Translations[edit]
a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French paralogisme.
Noun[edit]
paralogism n (plural paralogisme)
Declension[edit]
Declension of paralogism
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) paralogism | paralogismul | (niște) paralogisme | paralogismele |
genitive/dative | (unui) paralogism | paralogismului | (unor) paralogisme | paralogismelor |
vocative | paralogismule | paralogismelor |
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