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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fallacious \Fal*la"cious\, a. [L. fallaciosus, fr fallacia: cf F. fallacieux See {Fallacy}.] Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; illogical; fitted to deceive; misleading; delusive; as fallacious arguments or reasoning. -- {Fal*la"cious*ly}, adv -{Fal*la"cious*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fallacious adj 1: containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument" [syn: {unsound}] 2: intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes" [syn: {deceitful}, {fraudulent}] 3: based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information; "fallacious hope"
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