as in deception
the quality or state of being false
the fallaciousness of that argument will be apparent as soon as we examine it
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Noun
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The Stolen Girl series follows a mother whose young daughter goes missing after a sleepover, unfolding into a story of deception, family secrets, and betrayal.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
24 Feb. 2026 -
That endorsement comes from someone who has watched every moment of every season’s deception and strategy unfold.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Alas, economics is littered with fallacies.—
Steve H. Hanke,
Fortune,
24 Feb. 2026
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The fallacy was that it was limited to the United States.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Of course, the retort is that this would be irritating and exasperating to be continually deluged with alerts about AI deceptiveness.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Mania of the week Sophomania — a delusion of having superior intelligence or being exceptionally wise.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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Hence my delight in the brief delusion of my own banning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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For rationalists, the divide between truth and falsehood is very important; dozens of rationalists spent several days raging at me online.—
Sam Kriss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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The allegations are a mixture of truth, falsehoods and misdirection.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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In real life or onscreen, the most glorious wigs in 2025 were the ones that called attention to that falsity rather than trying to blend into normality.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
1 Jan. 2026
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What’s at stake in this study is more than the truth or falsity of Foucault’s account of modern incarceration.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
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“Fallaciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallaciousness. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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