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A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: paralogy
Antonyms: none provided
an unintentionally invalid argument
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fallacy, false belief
Borrowed from Middle French paralogisme, from Late Latin paralogismus, from Ancient Greek παραλογισμός (paralogismós).
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
неправилно заключение
(nepravilno zaključenie)
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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Czech:
paralogismus
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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Dutch:
denkfout
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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Esperanto:
paralogismo
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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Finnish:
virhepäätelmä
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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Finnish:
paralogismi
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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French:
paralogisme
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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French:
paralogie
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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German:
Paralogismus
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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Ido:
paralogismo
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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Irish:
claonloighic
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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Italian:
paralogismo
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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Italian:
cavillo
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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Italian:
sofisma
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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Italian:
scappatoia
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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Polish:
paralogizm
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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Portuguese:
paralogismo
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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Russian:
паралоги́зм
(paralogízm)
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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Russian:
непра́вильное умозаключе́ние
(neprávilʹnoje umozaključénije)
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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Tagalog:
sinsaymatwiran
— a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion