fallacy
Plural: fallacies
Noun
- A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument.
- a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
- Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
- An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a specious argument.
Examples
- It’s a common FALLACY that longer words always score more points in Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English fallaci, fallace, fallas, from Old French fallace, from Latin fallācia (“deception, deceit”), from fallāx (“deceptive, deceitful”), from fallere (“to deceive”).
Synonyms
false belief, deceitfulness, deception, incorrect argument, logical fallacy, misargument, non-argument, pseudoargument
Scrabble Score: 15
fallacy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfallacy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fallacy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary