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Search "fallacy" in: fallacyOne entry found. Entry Word: fallacy Function: noun Meaning: 1 a false idea or belief <the once-common fallacy that girls just werenʼt any good at math> Synonyms error, falsehood, falsity, illusion, misconception, myth, old wivesʼ tale, untruth Related Words superstition; distortion, inaccuracy, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, misstatement, misunderstanding; sophism, sophistry; fib, lie, story, tale Antonyms truth, verity 2 the quality or state of being false <the fallacy of the notion of spontaneous generation was demonstrated by the Dutch naturalist Leeuwenhoek> Synonyms erroneousness, fallaciousness, falseness, falsity, untruth Related Words speciousness, spuriousness; deception, deceptiveness, delusion Near Antonyms accuracy, correctness, factualness, genuineness Antonyms truth
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