fallacy
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈfæləsi/
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falacia
- Means your argument is based on a fallacy, the false cause fallacy.
- logical fallacy
- a common fallacy
- commit a fallacy
The inverse gambler's fallacy sort of turns that around.
- The inverse gambler's fallacy sort of turns that around.
- And that whole system utilizes the sunk cost fallacy perfectly.
- And that's the the far too commonly committed fallacy, which is the appeal to authority.
- We might even call it a fallacy.
- You just just constructed of of a logical fallacy.
- It was all debates about premises and, and technicalities and fallacies.
- So the it's a fallacy really, that you can only get muscle if you eat meat.
- They've gone so far into what some consider a cultish ideology that the sunk cost fallacy means it's too late to fully withdraw.
- It's it's it's this whole fallacy around being done.
- Robinson Crusoe wherever and able to survive is a fallacy in many ways.
Examples
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It is a common fallacy to think that correlation implies causation without further evidence.
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You don't need a Ph.D. in logic to spot the fallacy in my first sentence.
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And the name for this fallacy is called Golden Age thinking.
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Each one of these represents a fallacy of the modern era.
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Even at the time, the fallacy of this view should have been apparent:
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In the area of ethnic conflict and violence, this fallacy is common.
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All right, let's see if you can figure out the fallacy that started a witch hunt with this video.
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All very convincing but for one obvious fallacy.
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And that is a clear fallacy that we've already mentioned.
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We have got to teach kids, you know, critical thinking, how to avoid fallacies, probability statistics.
Synonyms
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1.0
A wrong idea or belief about something
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1.6
When someone does not understand something correctly and this causes a problem
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6.7
A strong false belief that someone still has even when it is not true
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4.2
An idea that is not true because people understand something wrongly
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4.3
A statement that is not true
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6.8
A wrong idea about something
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7.6
A mistake in thinking that makes an argument wrong or weak
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3.6
A wrong decision about a person or situation
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5.6
An idea that is not true because of wrong thinking or misunderstanding
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7.5
A wrong idea someone has about something
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8.5
A reason that seems good but is actually wrong
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6.5
A belief based on false information
An argument with wrong logic made by mistake
An idea that is wrong
A wrong idea about something because a person did not understand it
Antonyms
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Etymology
Fallacy comes from the Latin fallere, which means 'to deceive', and it is related to the English word false. So a fallacy is like a trick in thinking, a 'false' or wrong idea that seems true.