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as in delusion
a false idea or belief
the once-common fallacy that girls just weren't any good at math
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as in deception
the quality or state of being false
the fallacy of the notion of spontaneous generation was demonstrated by the Dutch naturalist Leeuwenhoek
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Recent Examples of fallacy
Its villains are cardboard cutouts, its heroes are unappealing and each scene is laced with logical fallacies.
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
People are rightly pointing out the clear fallacies in the administration’s argument, but behind the jokes and memes is an actual growing concern that flying is becoming increasingly unsafe.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
More than four years after the fact and still this fallacy lives on.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
Anyone who believes that cancel culture prevails in the entertainment industry can just look at the ongoing record of wins by some highly controversial figures who are not beloved among progressives to know that this might be a fallacy.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
People are rightly pointing out the clear fallacies in the administration’s argument, but behind the jokes and memes is an actual growing concern that flying is becoming increasingly unsafe.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
More than four years after the fact and still this fallacy lives on.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
Anyone who believes that cancel culture prevails in the entertainment industry can just look at the ongoing record of wins by some highly controversial figures who are not beloved among progressives to know that this might be a fallacy.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fallacy
Noun
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Some might suggest that these delusions of grandeur are designed to tranquilize the nervous masses; regardless, the public obviously craves them.—
Lauren Stienstra,
Time,
17 Apr. 2025
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Researchers noted the positive effects of ecstatic epilepsy and synthesized fifty-three theoretical models of delusion.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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In another case, Balmer pleaded guilty in 2016 to forgery and theft by deception charges, court documents show.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
14 Apr. 2025
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Imposter syndrome is an internal struggle with feeling like a fraud despite being qualified, whereas career catfishing is an active deception.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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First, there is the technology myth, the belief that older employees cannot keep pace with digital advancements.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Because Jordan only gets better and better in memory and myth.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Graham Pauley singled and advanced to third when a fielder’s choice turned into a throwing error on Bohm.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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Imagine a child learning to ride a bike: no manual, just trial, error, and the joy of balance.—
Paul X. McCarthy,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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This city will never be the same, insofar as our sense of safety, our illusions of permanence and so on, are gone.—
Lorraine Berry,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Mat previously impressed judges on America’s Got Talent in 2014 with his magic, illusions and card tricks.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Many of the most outrageous falsehoods were aimed at Bolsonaro’s opponent, Fernando Haddad.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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In everything from politics to health, falsehoods propagated across social media cause immense harm.—
David Robert Grimes,
Scientific American,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Fallacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallacy. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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