C16: via Late Latin from Greek paralogismos, from paralogizesthai to argue fallaciously, from para-1 + -logizesthai, ultimately from logos word
paralogism in American English
(pəˈræləˌdʒɪzəm)
noun
reasoning contrary to the rules of logic; faulty argument
Derived forms
paralogistic (paˌraloˈgistic)
adjective
Word origin
MFr paralogisme < LL paralogismus < Gr paralogismos < paralogizesthai, to reason illogically < para-, beyond (see para-1) + logizesthai, to reason < logos, a discourse, reason: see logic