Fallacious
Deceptive; based on or characterized by a fallacy; likely to mislead.
adjectiveFallacious
Deceptive; based on or characterized by a fallacy; likely to mislead.
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Imagine This
The scam artists pretended to be tour guides and made the tourists follow them into an alley, where they were robbed.
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Sounds Like
fuh-LAY-shuhs
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Looks Like
fal-LAY-shuss
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Remember This
The root 'fall-' comes from fallere, meaning 'to deceive'; a fallacy is a mistaken argument that seems plausible.
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Other Forms
fallacynoun
fallaciouslyadverb
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Connect With
specious, misleading, deception, faulty reasoning, logical fallacy, spurious
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Note
Fallacious describes reasoning, not merely a fact that is false. Do not confuse with 'false' or 'falsifiable' in scientific contexts; 'fallacy' is a flawed line of reasoning.