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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
The river is the first to remind us that stoppage is a fallacy, hubris.
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Anne Reeve, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
This fallacy is repeated in innumerable geography textbooks, as well as travel articles and guides.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The Takeaway For Leaders The real fallacy is thinking that a number of pilots is movement.
—Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
For example, a common fallacy is the belief that things were better in some imagined past.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Anne Reeve, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
This fallacy is repeated in innumerable geography textbooks, as well as travel articles and guides.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The Takeaway For Leaders The real fallacy is thinking that a number of pilots is movement.
—Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
For example, a common fallacy is the belief that things were better in some imagined past.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fallacy
Noun
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Sharon’s final delusions about Beryl are put to rest as she’s placed under arrest, and Donnelly tests out a draft of her case report on Elsbeth.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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The delusion worked wonderfully.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 Oct. 2025
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Always one step ahead of the police, Fantomas is a master of deception and chaos.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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The three-part docuseries that premiered this week chronicles how Rasmussen discovered Johnson’s deceptions and finally left him, only to be harassed by her ex after their divorce.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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Foundation Rock also highlights her relationship with other protective deities, consistently linking her power to myths and the spiritual undertone of water.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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Pitting vengeful ghosts against a backdrop of a supernatural love story, the film charmingly plays with genre to question how history and myth can probe collective and socio-political grief.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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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That does leave retailers less margin for error and requires a better mastery of data analytics to improve demand forecasting—making sure that what is on offer matches what shoppers want.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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Kelly did not disclose what structural engineering issues the building had, but said that the company's structural engineering firm informed Amazon of its error in a statement without elaborating.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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Neptune retrograde in Pisces, on the other hand, dissolves the fog of illusion, which also serves as an invitation to confront an emotional truth with clarity and compassion.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement But pretending that migration can or should be stopped is a dangerous illusion.—
Jonathan Portes,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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The right side is nearly always wrong and blatantly lying, while the left side supposedly stumbles into falsehood every once in a while.—
Tim Graham,
Boston Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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The only way forward is through compromise and cooperation — not falsehoods and finger-pointing.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Fallacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallacy. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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