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Based on faulty reasoning or a mistaken assumption.

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fallacious

The argument was fallacious because its conclusion did not follow from its premise.
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Another visitor offered a fallacious argument: because the drawing was attractive, it must have been made by the famous illustrator.
From A Claim Worth Believing.
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