fallacy

Noun
  1. A misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning (synset 105902523)
    is a type of: misconception - an incorrect conception
    subtypes:
    • pseudoscience - an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
    • logical fallacy - a fallacy in logical argumentation
    • pathetic fallacy - the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; `the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy
    • sophism, sophistication, sophistry - a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
    • paralogism - an unintentionally invalid argument
    same as: false belief

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