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