fallacious
adjective
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
containing or based on a fallacy
fallacious reasoning
Related & opposite
- fallaciousness derivation
- fallacy derivation
- unsoundness derivation
- invalid similar to
Sense 2 adjective
intended to deceive
deceitful advertising
Related & opposite
- dupery derivation
- deceit derivation
- deceitfulness derivation
- dishonest similar to
Sense 3 adjective
based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information
fallacious hope
Related & opposite
- fallaciousness derivation
- wrong similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fallaciousness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fallacy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unsoundness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | invalid |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dupery |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceitfulness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | dishonest |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fallaciousness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | wrong |