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fallacious
adjective fal·la·cious \fə-ˈlā-shəs\
: containing a mistake : not true or accurate
Full Definition of FALLACIOUS
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: embodying a fallacy <a fallacious conclusion>
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First Known Use of FALLACIOUS
1509
Related to FALLACIOUS
- Synonyms
- illogical, illegitimate, inconsequent, inconsequential, invalid, irrational, nonrational, unreasonable, unreasoning, unsound, weak
- Antonyms
- logical, rational, reasonable, sound, valid, well-founded, well-grounded
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Rhymes with FALLACIOUS
audacious, bodacious, capacious, cetaceous, crustaceous, curvaceous, drupaceous, edacious, flirtatious, fugacious, hellacious, herbaceous, loquacious, mendacious, micaceous, pomaceous, predaceous, pugnacious, rapacious, rosaceous, sagacious, salacious, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, tenacious, testaceous, tufaceous, ungracious, veracious, vinaceous, voracious
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