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fallacious

🇬🇧 UK/fә'leiʃәs/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

adj.

Based on a false or mistaken idea; logically unsound or deceptive.

谬误的,错误的,误导人的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
fallacto fall, to be deceived, to err, to be false
+
ioussuffix
=fallacious

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    His argument was fallacious and did not hold up under scrutiny.

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