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as in delusion
a false idea or belief
the once-common fallacy that girls just weren't any good at math
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as in deception
the quality or state of being false
the fallacy of the notion of spontaneous generation was demonstrated by the Dutch naturalist Leeuwenhoek
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Recent Examples of fallacy
Its villains are cardboard cutouts, its heroes are unappealing and each scene is laced with logical fallacies.
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
People are rightly pointing out the clear fallacies in the administration’s argument, but behind the jokes and memes is an actual growing concern that flying is becoming increasingly unsafe.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
More than four years after the fact and still this fallacy lives on.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
Anyone who believes that cancel culture prevails in the entertainment industry can just look at the ongoing record of wins by some highly controversial figures who are not beloved among progressives to know that this might be a fallacy.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
People are rightly pointing out the clear fallacies in the administration’s argument, but behind the jokes and memes is an actual growing concern that flying is becoming increasingly unsafe.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
More than four years after the fact and still this fallacy lives on.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
Anyone who believes that cancel culture prevails in the entertainment industry can just look at the ongoing record of wins by some highly controversial figures who are not beloved among progressives to know that this might be a fallacy.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fallacy
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
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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
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Warrantless search and seizure, deception, untrammeled use of force.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Entities magically endowed with life by the gods are not a rarity in Greek myth.—
Sofia Giannuzzi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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For years, a persistent myth has circulated in cannabis industry circles: that Steve DeAngelo—founder of Harborside and one of the most visible figures in cannabis reform—was responsible for eliminating California’s one-acre cultivation cap.—
Robert Hoban,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Graham Pauley singled and advanced to third when a fielder’s choice turned into a throwing error on Bohm.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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Story’s two homers made up for two errors the normally sure-handed shortstop made in the field, one throwing and one fielding.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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This city will never be the same, insofar as our sense of safety, our illusions of permanence and so on, are gone.—
Lorraine Berry,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Mat previously impressed judges on America’s Got Talent in 2014 with his magic, illusions and card tricks.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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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
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“Fallacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallacy. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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