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as in unreasonable
not using or following good reasoning
it's fallacious to say that something must exist because science hasn't proven its nonexistence
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as in misleading
tending or having power to deceive
consumers who harbor the fallacious belief that credit-card spending will never catch up with them
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Recent Examples of fallacious
The same economists who believe in the same fallacious economic notions?
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John Tamny, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Lawyers who argued for his ouster on behalf of the National Assembly said the claims by Mr. Yoon were fallacious.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2025
That will in turn spread on social media, which often plays a disproportional role in boosting these disinformation efforts by providing nearly unlimited platforms for unfiltered content and fallacious and deceptive claims.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
There might be a bigger market for these products, and more consumers might be immune to the fallacious argument that they’re overly processed, if more people were persuaded of the ills of factory farming.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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John Tamny, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Lawyers who argued for his ouster on behalf of the National Assembly said the claims by Mr. Yoon were fallacious.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2025
That will in turn spread on social media, which often plays a disproportional role in boosting these disinformation efforts by providing nearly unlimited platforms for unfiltered content and fallacious and deceptive claims.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
There might be a bigger market for these products, and more consumers might be immune to the fallacious argument that they’re overly processed, if more people were persuaded of the ills of factory farming.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fallacious
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This siloed approach places an unreasonable burden on manufacturing teams to integrate disparate AI systems, reconcile conflicting recommendations and synthesize insights manually.—
Joel Scutchfield,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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As the complaints piled on, Congress voted to expand the powers of the FMC via the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA), giving the agency the authority to investigate and penalize carriers for unreasonable practices.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
20 May 2026
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Headline global inventory figures can be misleading as much of the oil stored worldwide cannot be used immediately, said Currie, Carlyle’s chief strategy officer of energy pathways and co-chairman of Abaxx Markets.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
25 May 2026
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Studies focusing on nutrients in beer can be misleading, as alcohol consumption carries significant health risks.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
24 May 2026
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Like to me, acting is an irrational act.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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In conditions where the discount rate is compressed by policy and asset prices rise persistently, investors are not irrational to de-prioritize the footnotes.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2026
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What happens when a shopping agent follows a prompt, buys from a deceptive merchant and the virtual card protects the primary account but not the customer’s time or money?—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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For these commemorative watches, Aeschlimann thought white ceramic was appropriate not only because of the color, but because of the material’s deceptive toughness.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
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Bainbridge knew about secrets and unreasoning shame.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Let sound political prescience but take the place of an unreasoning prejudice, and this will be done.—
Frederick Douglass,
The Atlantic,
16 Aug. 2017
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In a complaint filed Thursday, Texas AG attorneys said Meta’s claims are false and that the company can and does read the unencrypted contents of WhatsApp messages.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
22 May 2026
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The report sparked a blistering response from Parks Director Christopher Cotten, who argued the auditors shared false or inaccurate information and failed to understand how parks and recreation programming works.—
Dylan Lysen,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026
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Trump has called those prosecutions illegitimate and politically motivated, while his critics have noted that they were brought after long investigations by career prosecutors and independent counsel.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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The nuns then took it upon themselves to make arrangements for the illegitimate child.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 May 2026
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In each case, the actual right to your body is deferred to some third party, either the paternalists, the hypothetical children, or unreasoned authority.—
Kyle Munkittrick,
Discover Magazine,
20 June 2011
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“Fallacious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallacious. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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