paralogiciann.
/ˌparələ(ʊ)ˈdʒɪʃn/, /ˌparəlɒˈdʒɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌpɛrələˈdʒɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌpɛrəˌloʊˈdʒɪʃ(ə)n/ rare.
A person who uses paralogy; one who reasons falsely or speciously.In quots. 1739, 1754 used humorously to designate a member of a supposed professional or qualified body of false reasoners.
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paralogist1624
paralogician1739
1739 Regul. Freethinking 31 He shall be admitted to the Degree of Paralogicians, which is the highest Honour we can possibly bestow.
1754 J. Hildrop Misc. Wks. I. 23 He would be as accomplished a Paralogician as any Man of his Talents can be supposed to be.
1919 G. Saintsbury Short Hist. French Novel II. iii. 102 The piece..is tragic enough: it could hardly fail to be so in the hands of such a master of tragedy, just as it could hardly fail to be illogical in the hands of such a paralogician.
1944 E. von Damarus in J. S. Kasanin Lang. & Thought in Schizophrenia 111 The paralogician concludes identity from the similar nature of adjectives.
1999 D. Felix Keynes ix. 247 A master logician, in this case, paralogician, Keynes misleadingly substitutes for the missing borrower another actor, the monetary authority.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1739