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    FALLACY

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A misconception resulting from incorrect reasoningplay

    Synonyms:

    fallacy; false belief

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("fallacy" is a kind of...):

    misconception (an incorrect conception)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fallacy"):

    pseudoscience (an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions)

    logical fallacy (a fallacy in logical argumentation)

    pathetic fallacy (the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; 'the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy)

    sophism; sophistication; sophistry (a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone)

    paralogism (an unintentionally invalid argument)

    Derivation:

    fallacious (containing or based on a fallacy)

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