Saturday, November 30, 2013

fallacious (adjective) and fallacy (noun)

Let’s start with the noun – fallacy.

This is an incorrect or inaccurate idea or statement that is misleading as it is based on inaccurate facts or invalid reasoning.

The noun refers to the invalid item itself and to the tendency of an item to mislead because its basis is inaccurate.

'Fallacious' as an adjective, describes the illogical, erroneous or misleading statement, event or idea.

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