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 Erosion Of Trust Through Inconsistent Words Many people associate the breakdown of trust with major betrayals like infidelity or deception.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025 -
Warrantless search and seizure, deception, untrammeled use of force.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The whole debate is so fundamentally backwards and upside down, it's based on a fallacy.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Its villains are cardboard cutouts, its heroes are unappealing and each scene is laced with logical fallacies.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Some might suggest that these delusions of grandeur are designed to tranquilize the nervous masses; regardless, the public obviously craves them.—
Lauren Stienstra,
Time,
17 Apr. 2025
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Researchers noted the positive effects of ecstatic epilepsy and synthesized fifty-three theoretical models of delusion.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In order to prove wire fraud all that is necessary is to show any kind of falsehood designed to deprive someone of something of value and that this was done using a phone, fax, email, text message or computer even if the use of these tools was not an essential part of the crime.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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In the meantime, Crowley went on TV and criticized Bass for having cut the budget to her department (a falsehood).—
Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The vaunted single take is, more often than not, actually a falsity, fabricated by clever edits or preening, doing nothing alchemical to the script at hand.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
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The vaunted single take is, more often than not, actually a falsity, fabricated by clever edits or preening, doing nothing alchemical to the script at hand.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Fallaciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallaciousness. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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