Synonyms for fallacy
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Noun
1. Misconception — deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind
misconception, delusion, deception, sophistry, mistake, error, illusion, hallucination, deceitfulness, aberration
Other
falsehood, absurdity, logical fallacy, casuistry, sophism, paralogism, paralogy, non-sequitur rare
Definitions
- n. 1
Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
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Forms
- Plural
- fallacies → misconceptions, delusions, deceptions, sophistries…
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A fallacy is an argument which professes to be decisive, but in reality is not; sophistry is also false reasoning, but of so specious and subtle a kind as to render it difficult to expose its fallacy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- deception She was aware of his propensity towards deception.
- delusion That girl's under the delusion that she's a princess.
- misconception I can see how you might have that misconception.
- absurdity The absurdity of the situation was almost comical.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fallacy | steady | |
| deception | rising | |
| delusion | rising | |
| misconception | steady | |
| sophistry | steady | |
| absurdity | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- error2
- 7 letters
- mistake2, sophism
- 8 letters
- illusion3, delusion3, paralogy
- 9 letters
- deception3, absurdity4, falsehood2, sophistry3, casuistry
- 10 letters
- aberration4, paralogism
- 13 letters
- misconception4, hallucination5, deceitfulness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (error2 = 2 syllables).