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Fallacy

🔄 Synonyms of "Fallacy"

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Word	Definition
false beliefnoun	a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fallacy"

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Word	Definition
false beliefnoun	a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
illusionnoun	(countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
deceptionnoun	An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
delusionnoun	A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
deceitnoun	An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
falsehoodnoun	(countable) A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie.
aberrationnoun	The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.
misunderstandingnoun	A mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.
errornoun	(countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
misapprehensionnoun	A failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception or misunderstanding.
mistakenoun	An error.
misinterpretationnoun	An instance of misinterpreting.
misconceptionnoun	A mistaken belief, a wrong idea.
misreadingnoun	An incorrect reading.
blundernoun	A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
reasoningnoun	(uncountable) The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises, abstract thought, ratiocination; (countable) any instance of this, especially as a process leading to an action, motive.
lienoun	(golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
loopholenoun	(figurative) A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule or law that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect.
miragenoun	An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.
misjudgmentnoun	An act of misjudging; a mistake in judgment.