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Pronunciation / Transliteration: falacia
"Su argumento se basa en una falacia lógica."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument.
"The idea that wealth automatically leads to happiness is a fallacy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Old French fallacie, or Latin fallacia, from fallax 'deceitful', from fallere 'deceive'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Fallacy" is said worldwide
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fallace
Transliteration: fallace
"C'est un sophisme que de croire cela."
Trugschluss
Transliteration: Trugschluss
"Seine Argumentation beruht auf einem Trugschluss."
fallacia
Transliteration: fallacia
"Il suo argomento contiene una grave fallacia."
falacia
Transliteration: falacia
"Su argumento se basa en una falacia lógica."
falácia
Transliteration: falácia
"A ideia de que o sucesso vem sem esforço é uma falácia."
भ्रांति
Transliteration: bhranti
"यह सोचना एक बड़ी भ्रांति है।"
谬误
Transliteration: miùwù
"这是一个常见的逻辑谬误。"
오류
Transliteration: oryu
"그의 주장은 명백한 오류를 포함하고 있다."
謬見
Transliteration: byūken
"その考えは大きな謬見に基づいている。"
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