Paralogism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A fallacious or illogical argument or conclusion.
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  • n. A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A reasoning which is false in point of form, that is, which is contrary to logical rules or formulæ; a formal fallacy, or pseudo-syllogism, in which the conclusion does not follow from the premises.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In logic, fallacious argument or false reasoning; reasoning which is false in form—that is, in which the conclusion does not follow from the premises; a conclusion unwarranted by the premises.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an unintentionally invalid argument
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    false belief    fallacy   
    Cross Reference
    transcendental paralogism    syllogism   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aesthetic    moralization    like    cozenage    tergiversation   
     
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