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fallacious

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

Based on faulty reasoning or a mistaken assumption.

The argument was fallacious because its conclusion did not follow from its premise.

Dictionary practice example.

Another visitor offered a fallacious argument: because the drawing was attractive, it must have been made by the famous illustrator.