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[ adjective ] intended to deceive

Examples

"deceitful advertising" "fallacious testimony" "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"

Related terms

dishonest

2
[ adjective ] containing or based on a fallacy

Synonyms

unsound

Examples

"fallacious reasoning" "an unsound argument"

Related terms

invalid

3
[ adjective ] based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information

Examples

"fallacious hope"

Related terms

incorrect

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