Associations to the word «Fallacious»

Wiktionary

FALLACIOUS, adjective. Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.
FALLACIOUS, adjective. Deceptive or misleading.

Dictionary definition

FALLACIOUS, adjective. Containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument".
FALLACIOUS, adjective. Intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes".
FALLACIOUS, adjective. Based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information; "fallacious hope".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats