Synonyms for fallacious
fəˈleɪ ʃəsfal·la·cious

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1. fallacious, unsoundadjective

   containing or based on a fallacy

   "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument"

   Synonyms:
   mentally ill, bad, deceitful, unfit, fraudulent, unstable, unsound

   Antonyms:
   honorable, valid, right, correct, honest

2. deceitful, fallacious, fraudulentadjective

   intended to deceive

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

   Synonyms:
   double-tongued, fraudulent, two-faced, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, ambidextrous, duplicitous, unsound

   Antonyms:
   correct, honorable, valid, right, honest

3. fallaciousadjective

   based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information

   "fallacious hope"

   Synonyms:
   unsound, deceitful, fraudulent

   Antonyms:
   correct, right, honest, honorable, valid

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1. fallaciousadjective

   Synonyms:
   deceptive, delusive, deceiving, illusive, illusory, misleading, disappointing, false

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1. fallaciousadjective

   Synonyms:
   sophistical, misleading, illusive, untenable, inconsistent

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1. List of paraphrases for "fallacious":

   specious, misleading, spurious, untruthful, false, imaginary, deceptive

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1. Primo Levi:

   Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument. The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone; not only do they tend to become erased as the years go by, but often they change, or even increase by incorporating extraneous features.

2. Edward Gibbon:

   The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular.