Antonyms for fallacy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fal-uh-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæl ə si |
Definition of fallacy
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
- His want of success arose from the insufficiency, not the fallacy, of theory.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Do not commit the fallacy of sitting down for a little rest.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- There is no need of a long explanation to show the fallacy of this idea.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- Godwin, in all this, reproduces the current fallacy of his generation.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- A few minutes served to convince her of the fallacy of this expectation.
- Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
- The fallacy of the argument has been exposed by more than one critic.
- Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
- That the distinction is a fallacy is obvious; it is almost acknowledged to be so by Socrates himself.
- Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato
- There is a fallacy, too, in comparing unchangeable laws with a personal governor.
- Extract from : « Statesman » by Plato
- What yesterday we believed to be fallacy, to-day we know to be the truth.
- Extract from : « Shoulder-Straps » by Henry Morford
- It may be remarked in this place, that the fallacy of human reasoning is shown in every moment.
- Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
Synonyms for fallacy
- 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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