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- pronunciation:
- f
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
based on unsound logic; in error; illogical.
You've unfortunately based your essay on a fallacious argument.- antonyms:
- correct, logical, sound
- similar words:
- illogical, irrational, mistaken, unsound
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| related words: |
bum, erroneous, false, misguided, wrong |
adverb + (adj.)fallacious
absolutely, either, supposedly, totally, utterly
(adj.)fallacious
+ noun
application, argument, assumption, belief, claim, example, identification, logic, notion, one, principle, promise, reasoning, statement, story, theory, truth, view
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| derivations: |
fallaciously (adv.), fallaciousness (n.) |
The word fallacious
contains the following parts:
fall, fals
Latin
root
that means to deceive
  Example words:
-acious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
More about this word part:
The suffix -acious
forms adjectives from Latinate nouns ending in "-acity," "-acy," or "-ce." Most common adjectives ending in -acious
have a corresponding noun form ending in "-acity."
Example words:
audacious, capacious, fallacious, loquacious, perspicacious, pertinacious, pugnacious, rapacious, tenacious, veracious, vivacious, voracious
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