| 单词 | fallacy |
| 释义 | fallacy (once / 1211 pages) n A fallacy is a misleading argument or belief based on a falsehood. If you oppose state testing in schools, you think it is a fallacy that educational quality can be measured by standardized tests. Fallacy comes from the Latin fallacia, for deceit. It technically means a flaw in an argument that makes it deceptive or misleading. In poetry, the "pathetic fallacy" is the false idea that things like rocks or stars have human feelings (pathos). Fallacy can also be used more generally for any false statement or idea. Some synonyms are misconception and error. WORD FAMILYfallacy: fallacies, fallacious+/fallacious: fallaciously, fallaciousness USAGE EXAMPLESThese comments continue the fallacy that losing weight and keeping weight off is a matter of will and desire. New York Times(May 02, 2016) “The idea that being rude is being truthful is a horrible fallacy.” Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) This is a fallacy propagated by rejectionists of Israel and accepted unquestioningly by the international diplomatic community. Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) n a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning Syn|Hypo|Hyper false belief pseudoscience an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions logical fallacya fallacy in logical argumentation pathetic fallacythe fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; `the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy sophism, sophistication, sophistrya deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone paralogisman unintentionally invalid argument astrology, star divinationa pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon alchemya pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times hysteron proteronthe logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved ignoratio elenchithe logical fallacy of supposing that an argument proving an irrelevant point has proved the point at issue petitio, petitio principiithe logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question post hoc, post hoc ergo propter hocthe logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation misconception an incorrect conception |
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