Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fallacious"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fallacious \Fal*la"cious\, a. [L. fallaciosus, fr. fallacia: cf.
F. fallacieux. See {Fallacy}.]
Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; illogical; fitted to
deceive; misleading; delusive; as, fallacious arguments or
reasoning. -- {Fal*la"cious*ly}, adv. -{Fal*la"cious*ness},
n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

fallacious
adj 1: containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning";
"an unsound argument" [syn: {unsound}]
2: intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious
testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" -
S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying
taxes" [syn: {deceitful}, {fraudulent}]
3: based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information;
"fallacious hope"


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