noun (plural fallacies)
1 [C] a false idea that many people believe is true:
It is a fallacy to say that the camera never lies.
2 [U,C] a false way of thinking about sth:
He detected the fallacy of her argument.
seealsoPATHETICFALLACY
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for fallacy is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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