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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fallacy \Fal"la*cy\, n.; pl {Fallacies}. [OE. fallace, fallas, deception, F. fallace, fr L. fallacia fr fallax deceitful, deceptive, fr fallere to deceive. See {Fail}.] 1. Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception. Winning by conquest what the first man lost, By fallacy surprised. --Milton. 2. (Logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not a sophism. Syn: Deception; deceit; mistake. Usage: {Fallacy}, {Sophistry}. A fallacy is an argument which professes to be decisive, but in reality is not sophistry is also false reasoning, but of so specious and subtle a kind as to render it difficult to expose its fallacy. Many fallacies are obvious, but the evil of sophistry lies in its consummate art. ``Men are apt to suffer their minds to be misled by fallacies which gratify their passions. Many persons have obscured and confounded the nature of things by their wretched sophistry; though an act be never so sinful, they will strip it of its guilt.'' --South. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fallacy n : a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning [syn: {false belief}]
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