fallacy
noun
a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc..
fallacies
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pluralof fallacy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I’m not alleging that Mr. Pelley deploys these fallacies consciously and with self-awareness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
“One of the fallacies is that this is only targeting Latinos. If you look at the Vietnamese, Cambodian, Hmong, Chinese, even Japanese communities, they’re being picked up right in court.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
Here are four of his essay’s more obvious fallacies.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2024
So placing that art outside time, or concocting fallacies about its artist’s intentions, has the potential to skew our perception of the art moving forward.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2024
“It’s one of the great fallacies, it seems to me,” said Lee, “that time gives much of anything but years and sadness to a man.”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
