Antonyms for fallacies
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fal-uh-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæl ə si |
Definition of fallacies
Origin :- late 15c., "deception, false statement," from Latin fallacia "deception," noun of quality from fallax (genitive fallacis) "deceptive," from fallere "deceive" (see fail (v.)). Specific sense in logic dates from 1550s. An earlier form was fallace (c.1300), from Old French fallace.
- noun illusion, misconception
- Perhaps Bentham's Book of Fallacies is too political for me to commend it to you here.
- Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) » by John Morley
- It also helps to guard us against some fallacies by showing the consequences which flow from them.
- Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
- In the 'Innocents' he laughs at delusions and fallacies—and enjoys them.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- “That is one of the most popular of fallacies,” she answered me crushingly.
- Extract from : « The Love Affairs of an Old Maid » by Lilian Bell
- Science has been built upon concurrence: so have been most of the fallacies and fanaticisms.
- Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
- It is to these failures and fallacies that attention will be drawn in the next chapter.
- Extract from : « The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice » by Stephen Leacock
- See this phrase expounded in Works ('Book of Fallacies'), ii.
- Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume I. » by Leslie Stephen
- It is these fallacies, and not their critics, that create the most of scepticism.
- Extract from : « Miracles and Supernatural Religion » by James Morris Whiton
- All the disappointments, fallacies, and torments of hope pass away.
- Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
- It is my experience that unsettles the fallacies which you name 'convictions.'
- Extract from : « Lucretia, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Synonyms for fallacies
- aberration
- ambiguity
- artifice
- bias
- casuistry
- cavil
- deceit
- deception
- deceptiveness
- delusion
- deviation
- elusion
- equivocation
- erratum
- erroneousness
- error
- evasion
- falsehood
- faultiness
- flaw
- heresy
- illogicality
- inconsistency
- inexactness
- invalidity
- misapprehension
- miscalculation
- misconstrual
- misinterpretation
- mistake
- non sequitur
- notion
- paradox
- perversion
- preconception
- prejudice
- quibbling
- quirk
- solecism
- sophism
- sophistry
- speciousness
- subterfuge
- untruth
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