fallacious
fal·la·cious
adj \fə-ˈlā-shəs\Definition of FALLACIOUS
1
: embodying a fallacy <a fallacious conclusion>
2
: tending to deceive or mislead : delusive
— fal·la·cious·ly adverb
— fal·la·cious·ness noun
See Examples of FALLACIOUS
- <it's fallacious to say that something must exist because science hasn't proven its nonexistence>
- <consumers who harbor the fallacious belief that credit-card spending will never catch up with them>
First Known Use of FALLACIOUS
1509
Related to FALLACIOUS
Synonyms: illogical, illegitimate, inconsequent, inconsequential, invalid, irrational, nonrational, unreasonable, unreasoning, unsound, weak
Related Words: eristic (also eristical), misleading, sophistic (or sophistical), specious; half-baked, ill-advised, misguided, unconsidered, unreasoned; inconsistent; absurd, asinine, foolish, meaningless, nonsensical, preposterous, reasonless, senseless, silly; Kafkaesque, odd, peculiar, strange, surreal, unusual, weird; insane, mad, nutty, wacky (also whacky); disordered, disorganized, rambling, random; unconvincing; inexplicable, unaccountable, unexplainable
Near Antonyms: commonsense, sane, sensible, sober, wise; enlightened, informed, just, justified, reasoned; ordered, organized; clear, cogent, compelling, convincing, credible, persuasive, plausible, satisfying, solid; certain, sure, true; confirmed, corroborated, demonstrated, established, substantiated, validated
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Rhymes with FALLACIOUS
audacious, bodacious, capacious, cetaceous, crustaceous, curvaceous, drupaceous, edacious, flirtatious, fugacious, hellacious, herbaceous, loquacious, mendacious, micaceous, pomaceous, predaceous, pugnacious, rapacious, rosaceous, sagacious, salacious, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, tenacious, testaceous, tufaceous, ungracious, veracious, vinaceous, voracious
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