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as in delusion
a false idea or belief
the once-common fallacy that girls just weren't any good at math
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as in deception
the quality or state of being false
the fallacy of the notion of spontaneous generation was demonstrated by the Dutch naturalist Leeuwenhoek
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Recent Examples of fallacy
In writing courses, for example, students learn how to spot fallacies, and elementary proofs are covered in trigonometry.
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Vinay K. Chaudhri, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2024
In its attempt to topple once-dominant narratives, Dark Noon participates in the same fallacies such narratives long relied on.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 June 2024
This is a begging-the-question fallacy disproved all the time by great popular geniuses like Shakespeare, Mozart, Toni Morrison, Lorca himself.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
That fallacy has kept women from reaching equality in the workplace.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
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Vinay K. Chaudhri, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2024
In its attempt to topple once-dominant narratives, Dark Noon participates in the same fallacies such narratives long relied on.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 June 2024
This is a begging-the-question fallacy disproved all the time by great popular geniuses like Shakespeare, Mozart, Toni Morrison, Lorca himself.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
That fallacy has kept women from reaching equality in the workplace.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fallacy
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Her daughter isn’t quite willing to let such delusions stand.Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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Oh, that delusion also spreads to her Cinco de Mayo party.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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But because pressured waterfowl aren’t easy to fool, hunters have been trying to perfect the art of decoy deception to swing the odds in their favor.Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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On Thursday, Prime Video debuted the first trailer for its series adaptation of the 1999 teen movie, all eight episodes premiering Nov. 21 on the streamer, bringing a familiar tale of deception to a new locale with all new characters.Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
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The wholesale engulfing of the myth of white superiority is what makes that kind of violence.Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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And once again, our two heroes — recast as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza tilting at wind turbines — struggle to reconcile the myths that men write for themselves with the realities that life is actually willing to offer them.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
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While not massively common, losing your kit due to a loading error is very frustrating in a game like Tarkov, so any improvements to reduce the chances of that happening are always going to be a positive.Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The results were delayed further because of a tabulation error, though both parties were consulted on the decision to recount nearly 30,000 ballots.Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
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Spot black swans, clash unlike things together, design bold alternatives, find hidden loopholes, and craft first-mover illusions.Jodie Cook, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Her pant legs maintain a straight silhouette and are cut long, amplifying an illusion of height.Andrea Bossi, Essence, 6 Nov. 2024
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The president also loved anecdotes, continuing to repeat them even when confronted by evidence of their falsehood.Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
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Domestic terrorism — the use of violence for political ends — has risen dramatically in recent years and is driven largely by partisan falsehoods and lies, a new study says.Tribune News Service, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Fallacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallacy. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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