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Fallacious

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Adjective

1. fallacious, unsound

containing or based on a fallacy

Example Sentences:
'fallacious reasoning'
'an unsound argument'

2. deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent

intended to deceive

Example Sentences:
'deceitful advertising'
'fallacious testimony'
'smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice'
'a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes'

3. fallacious

based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information

Example Sentences:
'fallacious hope'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fallacious

see synonyms of fallacious
adjective
1. 
containing or involving a fallacy; illogical; erroneous
2. 
tending to mislead
3. 
delusive or disappointing
a fallacious hope

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Fallacious

see synonyms of fallacious
adjective
1. 
containing a fallacy; erroneous
fallacious reasoning
2. 
a. 
misleading or deceptive
b. 
causing disappointment; delusive

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fallacious

see synonyms of fallacious
adj.
1. Containing or based on a fallacy: a fallacious assumption.
2. Tending to mislead; deceptive: fallacious testimony.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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