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false analogy

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An informal fallacy applying to inductive arguments, in which the similarity in one respect of two concepts, objects, or events is taken as sufficient to establish that they are similar in another respect in which they actually are dissimilar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences

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  • Arabic: قِيَاس مَعَ الْفَارِق (qiyās maʕa l-fāriq) — informal fallacy
  • Czech: klamná analogie — informal fallacy
  • Finnish: virheellinen analogia — informal fallacy
  • French: fausse analogie — informal fallacy
  • Greek: ψευδής αναλογία (psevdís analogía) — informal fallacy
  • Korean: 거짓 유추 (geojis yuchu) — informal fallacy
  • Persian: قیاس معالفارق (qiyâs ma'-al-fâreq) — informal fallacy
  • Romanian: analogie greșită — informal fallacy
  • Romanian: analogie falsă — informal fallacy
  • Turkish: yanlış analoji — informal fallacy