paralogistn.

Brit.

/pəˈralədʒɪst/, U.S.

/pəˈrælədʒəst/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin paralogista; Greek παραλογιστής.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin paralogista false reasoner (a1180 in a British source) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek παραλογιστής a person who cheats by false reasoning (already in ancient Greek denoting a person who cheats by false reckoning) < ancient Greek παραλογίζεσθαι paralogize v. + -της , suffix forming agent nouns. Compare earlier paralogism n.

rare.

A person who reasons falsely or speciously.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > logical fallacy > false reasoner

paralogist1624

paralogician1739

1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 47 You haue played the Paralogist.

1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances IV. 38 I really think you equal, in this Way, to Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, who they say was the best Paralogist, in the World.

1944 Amer. Midland Naturalist 31 332 Vexatious paralogists so submerged in rapt contemplation of minute trivia that their perspective of the whole has been lost.

1966 W. F. Buckley Unmaking of Mayor 272 The smiling paralogist has in the meantime made votes by the tens of thousands.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	paralogist
释义	paralogistn. Brit. /pəˈralədʒɪst/, U.S. /pəˈrælədʒəst/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin paralogista; Greek παραλογιστής. Etymology: < post-classical Latin paralogista false reasoner (a1180 in a British source) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek παραλογιστής a person who cheats by false reasoning (already in ancient Greek denoting a person who cheats by false reckoning) < ancient Greek παραλογίζεσθαι paralogize v. + -της , suffix forming agent nouns. Compare earlier paralogism n. rare. A person who reasons falsely or speciously. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > logical fallacy > false reasoner paralogist1624 paralogician1739 1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 47 You haue played the Paralogist. 1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances IV. 38 I really think you equal, in this Way, to Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, who they say was the best Paralogist, in the World. 1944 Amer. Midland Naturalist 31 332 Vexatious paralogists so submerged in rapt contemplation of minute trivia that their perspective of the whole has been lost. 1966 W. F. Buckley Unmaking of Mayor 272 The smiling paralogist has in the meantime made votes by the tens of thousands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1624
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