English-Thai Dictionary

fallacy

N ความคิด ที่ ไม่ ถูกต้อง  วิธี คิดผิดๆ  delusion misconcepton kwam-kid-mai-tuk-tong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FALLACY

n.[L. fallacia.] 1. Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind. Detect the fallacy of the argument.
2. Deception; mistake. This appearance may be all a fallacy.
I'll entertain the favored fallacy.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FALLACY

Fal "la *cy, n.; pl. Fallacies. Etym: [OE. fallace, fallas, deception, F. fallace, fr. L. fallacia, fr. fallax deceitful, deceptive, fr. fallere to deceive. See Fail. ]

 

1. Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception. Winning by conquest what the first man lost, By fallacy surprised. Milton.

 

2. (Logic )

 

Defn: An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a sophism.

 

Syn. -- Deception; deceit; mistake. -- Fallacy, Sophistry. A fallacy is an argument which professes to be decisive, but in reality is not; sophistry is also false reasoning, but of so specious and subtle a kind as to render it difficult to expose its fallacy. Many fallacies are obvious, but the evil of sophistry lies in its consummate art. "Men are apt to suffer their minds to be misled by fallacies which gratify their passions.Many persons have obscured and confounded the nature of things by their wretched sophistry; though an act be never so sinful, they will strip it of its guilt. " South.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fallacy

fal la cy |ˈfaləsē ˈfæləsi | ▶noun ( pl. fallacies ) a mistaken belief, esp. one based on unsound argument: the notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy. • Logic a failure in reasoning that renders an argument invalid. • faulty reasoning; misleading or unsound argument: the potential for fallacy which lies behind the notion of self-esteem. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘deception, guile ’; gradually superseding Middle English fallace ): from Latin fallacia, from fallax, fallac- ‘deceiving, ’ from fallere ‘deceive. ’

 

fallacy of composition

fal la cy of com po si tion ▶noun the error of assuming that what is true of a member of a group is true for the group as a whole.

 

Oxford Dictionary

fallacy

fallacy |ˈfaləsi | ▶noun ( pl. fallacies ) a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments: the notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy. • Logic a failure in reasoning which renders an argument invalid. • [ mass noun ] faulty reasoning: the potential for fallacy which lies behind the notion of self-esteem. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘deception, guile ’; gradually superseding Middle English fallace ): from Latin fallacia, from fallax, fallac- ‘deceiving ’, from fallere ‘deceive ’.

 

fallacy of composition

fal la cy of com po si tion ▶noun the error of assuming that what is true of a member of a group is true for the group as a whole.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fallacy

fallacy noun the fallacy that the sun moves round the earth: misconception, misbelief, delusion, mistaken impression, error, misapprehension, misinterpretation, misconstruction, mistake; untruth, inconsistency, myth.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fallacy

fallacy noun the fallacy that we all work from nine to five: misconception, mistaken belief, misbelief, delusion, false notion, mistaken impression, misapprehension, misjudgement, miscalculation, misinterpretation, misconstruction, error, mistake, untruth, inconsistency, illusion, myth, fantasy, deceit, deception, sophism; sophistry, casuistry, faulty reasoning, unsound argument.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fallacy

fal la cy /fǽləsi /名詞 複 -cies 1 C (多くの人が本当だと信じている ) «… (する )という » 間違った考え «of (do ing ), that 節 » ▸ a complete fallacy 完全な誤り 2 ｟かたく ｠C U (誤った推論に基づく )誤り, 誤信 ; 誤った推論 .3 U C 〘論 〙虚偽 ; 錯誤 .