Antonyms for fallaciousness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : fuh-ley-shuh s |
Phonetic Transcription : fəˈleɪ ʃəs |
Definition of fallaciousness
Origin :- c.1500, from fallacy (Latin fallacia) + -ous. Related: Fallaciously; fallaciousness.
- As in falsehood : noun lie
- To discern its fallaciousness, requires not acuteness of understanding, so much as a little common honesty.
- Extract from : « A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. » by William Wilberforce
- Fallaciousness of the view, that happiness is best gained by not being aimed at.
- Extract from : « Practical Essays » by Alexander Bain
- Is it necessary to spend time in exhibiting the folly and fallaciousness of this first principle?
- Extract from : « Abolitionism Exposed! » by W. W. Sleigh
- The fallaciousness of this note of patriotism is particularly apparent, when the clamour continues after the evil is past.
- Extract from : « The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol. 6 » by Samuel Johnson
- I told him there were two kinds of persons, the fallaciousness of whose promises had become proverbial in the world.
- Extract from : « Amelia » by Henry Fielding
- The poet, whose name is Deor, has experienced the fallaciousness of early success.
- Extract from : « Anglo-Saxon Literature » by John Earle
Synonyms for fallaciousness
- canard
- cover-up
- deceit
- deception
- dishonesty
- dissimulation
- distortion
- equivocation
- erroneousness
- error
- fable
- fabrication
- fakery
- fallaciousness
- fallacy
- falseness
- falsity
- feigning
- fib
- fibbery
- fiction
- figment
- fraud
- half truth
- hogwash
- line
- mendacity
- misstatement
- perjury
- pretense
- prevarication
- sham
- story
- tale
- tall tale
- untruism
- untruth
- untruthfulness
- whopper
- yarn
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