Fallacy - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈfæləsɪ|  American pronunciation of the word fallacy
Brit.  |ˈfæləsɪ|  British pronunciation of the word fallacy

noun

- a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

Extra examples

The fallacy of their ideas about medicine soon became apparent.

...the once-common fallacy that girls just weren't any good at math...

It's a fallacy to assume that he will help.

It's a common fallacy that a neutered dog will become fat and lazy.

The fallacy in this latter argument is that

...“pathetic fallacy” is the literary term for the ascription of human feelings or motives to inanimate natural elements...

Word forms

noun
singular: fallacy
plural: fallacies
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