fallacy

Meaning of fallacy

noun

Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not. A specious argument.

Information about fallacy

It is a name.
The plural form of fallacy is: fallacies.
Languages in which fallacy is used:
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Hyphenation of fallacy

fal-lacy

It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
fallacy is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

fallacy synonyms

Meaning :

deceitfulness, deception

Translation of fallacy

German: Irrtum, Trugschluss, Trugbild, Täuschung, Illusion
Spanish: falacia
Portuguese: falácia
French: sophisme, illusion

Words that rhyme with fallacy

Lacy, lacy, normalacy, prelacy, counterfallacy, disconsolacy, inviolacy, articulacy, immaculacy, inarticulacy, maculacy, populacy

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