Meaning of FALLACIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | fu'leyshus
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- [adj] based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information; "fallacious hope"
- [adj] intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"
- [adj] containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument"
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| | Synonyms: | | deceitful, dishonest, dishonorable, fraudulent, incorrect, invalid, unsound, wrong |
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| | Definition: | | \Fal*la"cious\, a. [L. fallaciosus, fr. fallacia: cf.
F. fallacieux. See {Fallacy}.]
Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; illogical; fitted to
deceive; misleading; delusive; as, fallacious arguments or
reasoning. -- {Fal*la"cious*ly}, adv. -{Fal*la"cious*ness},
n.
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