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1
a false idea or belief
- the once-common fallacy that girls just weren't any good at math
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2
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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“Fallacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallacy. Accessed 16 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of fallacy was in the 15th century
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