fallacy
nounA mistaken belief or an argument that rests on faulty reasoning.
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Clear all filtersA mistaken belief or an argument that rests on faulty reasoning.
Capable of making mistakes.
Very attentive to details or demanding about cleanliness, taste, or standards.
Someone who believes events are determined by fate and cannot be changed.
Foolish in a smug or thoughtless way.
Using exaggerated flattery or submissive attention to gain favor.
Possible to carry out successfully under the circumstances.
Feverish, either literally or in restless excitement.
Highly fertile or productive, including in ideas.
Well chosen, apt, or pleasingly appropriate.
Great happiness; also an apt or pleasing quality of expression.
A person who has committed a felony, a category of serious crime.
Intensely enthusiastic or impassioned.
Intense enthusiasm or passionate feeling.
Suited to a celebration or marked by a cheerful, celebratory mood.
In this sense, an object or activity receiving excessive or obsessive attention.
Changing loyalties, preferences, or attitudes unpredictably.
Having limits or an end.
The sky or heavens, especially as imagined as a vault above the earth.
Gained directly through personal experience or observation.
Relating to revenue, spending, or financial administration.
A twelve-month period used for accounting or financial reporting.
To weaken, droop, or lose energy and enthusiasm.
Obviously and seriously wrong or offensive.
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