fallacy 1
noundomain: thinking
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
Hypernym
misconception 1
noun
an incorrect conception
EnglishDerivationally related form
fallacious 1
adjective
containing or based on a fallacy
Hyponym
pseudoscience 1
noun
an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
a fallacy in logical argumentation
the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; `the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy
sophism 1
noun
a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
paralogism 1
noun
an unintentionally invalid argument
