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fallacious
Overview of adj fallacious
The adj fallacious has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fallacious, unsound -- (containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument")
2. deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent -- (intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes")
3. fallacious -- (based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information; "fallacious hope")
Grep of noun fallacious
fallaciousness
Antonyms of adj fallacious
3 senses of fallacious
Sense 1
fallacious, unsound
INDIRECT (VIA invalid) -> valid
Sense 2
deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent
INDIRECT (VIA dishonest) -> honest, honorable
Sense 3
fallacious
INDIRECT (VIA incorrect, wrong) -> correct, right
INDIRECT (VIA incorrect, wrong) -> correct, right
Similarity of adj fallacious
3 senses of fallacious
Sense 1
fallacious, unsound
=> invalid (vs. valid)
Sense 2
deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent
=> dishonest (vs. honest), dishonorable
Sense 3
fallacious
=> incorrect (vs. correct), wrong (vs. right)
Pertainyms of adj fallacious
Attributes of adj fallacious
Domain of adj fallacious
Domain Terms of adj fallacious
Familiarity of adj fallacious
fallacious used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj fallacious
fallacious
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