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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| fallacious | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| misconception | xx/x | Noun |
| argument | /xx | Noun |
| misrepresentation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| reasoning | /xx | Noun |
| tautology | //xx | Noun |
| paradox | /xx | Noun |
| falsehood | /x | Noun |
| presupposition | xxx/x | Noun |
| delusion | x/x | Noun |
| misperception | xx/x | Noun |
| oversimplification | xx/xxxx | Noun |
| reductio | x/xx | Noun |
| logic | /x | Noun |
| contradiction | xx/x | Noun |
| dichotomy | x/xx | Noun |
| refutation | xx/x | Noun |
| myth | / | Noun |
| pitfall | /x | Noun |
| truism | /xx | Noun |
| irrationality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| misunderstanding | xxx/x | Noun |
| flaw | / | Noun |
| falsity | /xx | Noun |
| nonsense | /x | Noun |
| reductionism | x/xxx | Noun |
| misapprehension | xxx/x | Noun |
| assumption | x/x | Noun |
| syllogism | /xxx | Noun |
| inference | /xx | Noun |
| misinterpretation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| absurdity | x/xx | Noun |
| reification | xxx/x | Noun |
| presumption | x/x | Noun |
| tautological | /x/xx | Adjective |
| mistake | x/ | Noun |
| idiocy | /xxx | Noun |
| axiom | /xx | Noun |
| equivocation | xxx/x | Noun |
| assertion | x/x | Noun |
| implication | xx/x | Noun |
| untruth | x/ | Noun |
| axiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| improbability | x/x/xx | Noun |
| circularity | /x/xx | Noun |
| dishonesty | x/xx | Noun |
| rationalization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| argumentation | xxx/x | Noun |
| corollary | /xxx | Noun |
| premise | /x | Noun |
| notion | /x | Noun |
| hypocrisy | x/xx | Noun |
| justification | xxx/x | Noun |
| canard | x/ | Noun |
| sophistry | x/x | Noun |
| theory | /x | Noun |
| hyperbole | x/xx | Noun |
| generalization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| misstatement | x/x | Noun |
| misleading | x/x | Adjective |
| facade | x/ | Noun |
| deceit | x/ | Noun |
| color | /x | Noun |
| blind | / | Noun |
| deceiving | x/x | Verb |
| fable | /x | Noun |
| trickery | /xx | Noun |
| fooling | /x | Verb |
| bad faith | // | Phrase, Noun |
| sham | / | Noun |
| pretext | /x | Noun |
| calumny | /xx | Noun |
| perfidy | /xx | Noun |
| charade | x/ | Noun |
| contrivance | x/x | Noun |
| artifice | /xx | Noun |
| vanity | /xx | Noun |
| fault | / | Noun |
| cheating | /x | Noun |
| deformity | x/xx | Noun |
| lying | /x | Verb |
| casuistry | /xx | Noun |
| mockery | /xx | Noun |
| blemish | /x | Noun |
| falsification | xxx/x | Noun |
| denial | x/x | Noun |
| duff | / | Noun |
| fake news | // | Phrase, Noun |
| ugliness | /xx | Noun |
| false economy | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| craft | / | Noun |
| fume | / | Noun |
| folly | /x | Noun |
| shoddy | /x | Adjective |
| blind spot | // | Phrase, Noun |
| pretense | x/ | Noun |
| trash | / | Noun |
| chimera | x/x | Noun |
| concreteness | x/x | Noun |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| naturalistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| regress | /x | Noun |
| consequent | /xx | Noun |
| anthropomorphism | xxx/xx | Noun |
| irrelevance | x/xx | Noun |
| ecologic | xx/x | Adjective |
| commits | x/ | Verb |
| affirming | x/x | Verb |
| abolitionist | xx/xx | Noun |
| intentional | x/xx | Adjective |
| anachronism | x/xxx | Noun |
| supposing | x/x | Verb |
| supposition | xx/x | Noun |
| pars | / | Noun |
| objectivism | x/xxx | Noun |
| vitiated | /xxx | Verb |
| essentialist | x/xx | Adjective |
| nominalist | /xxx | Adjective |
| imputing | x/x | Verb |
| reductive | x/x | Adjective |
| etymological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| pleading | /x | Noun |
| ethnocentric | xx/x | Adjective |
| glaring | /x | Adjective |
| determinism | x/xxx | Noun |
| equating | x/x | Verb |
| aberration | xx/x | Noun |
| antithesis | x/xx | Noun |
| blunder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| conundrum | x/x | Noun |
| deception | x/x | Noun |
| desideratum | xx/xx | Noun |
| dilemma | x/x | Noun |
| error | /x | Noun, Verb |
| illusion | x/x | Noun |
| incapable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| inconsistency | xx/xx | Noun |
| loophole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mirage | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| misreading | x/x | Noun |
| pathetic fallacy | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| postulate | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| pseudoscience | xx/x | Noun |
| riddle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| thesis | /x | Noun |
| unsound | x/ | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
