Fallacious synonyms and antonyms

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invalid
Invalid is defined as not correct or provable or not legally recognized.
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fraudulent
Dishonest; based on fraud or deception
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false (related)
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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specious
Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
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spurious
The definition of spurious is something that is not true.
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deceptive
Deceiving or intended to deceive
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misleading
Tending to mislead; deceptive.
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beguiling
That beguiles or beguile.
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deceitful
The definition of deceitful is someone or something intentionally untruthful or intended to mislead.
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delusive
Tending to delude.
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illusive
Subject to or pertaining to an illusion, often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome.
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illusory
Produced by, based on, or having the nature of an illusion; deceptive:
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inconsistent
Of an assertion, that is contradictory or not supported.
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mistaken
The definition of mistaken is someone or something that is wrong, misguided or based on faulty or incorrect information.
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sophistical
Pertaining to a sophist or sophistry.
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untenable
Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position; unholdable, indefensible.
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untrue
Deviating from a standard; not straight, even, level, or exact.
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wrong
Contrary to conscience, morality, or law:
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truthful (antonym)
Honest, and always telling the truth.
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real (antonym)
Being no less than what is stated; worthy of the name:
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correct (antonym)
With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
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true (antonym)
The definition of true is being loyal, something that is real, factually correct, accurate or provable.
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illogical
Contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning.
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unsound
Not safe and secure financially
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inaccurate
Mistaken or incorrect; not accurate.
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incorrect
Improper; inappropriate:
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off
Started on the way; going:
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delusory
Tending to deceive; delusive.
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all-wet
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in error
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off-base
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off (or wide of) the mark
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honest (related)
Showing fairness and sincerity; straightforward; free from deceit
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self-contradictory (related)
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ill-founded (related)
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unverifiable (related)
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unprovable (related)
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misconceive (related)
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tendentious (related)
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untestable (related)
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implausible (related)
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Fallacious Sentence Examples

  • In no case is the evidence of the senses fallacious or mendacious; the fallacy is in the inference.

  • Yet they are forced into these classes on a wholly fallacious basis.

  • The idea that nuclear power can solve the coming energy crisis is therefore totally fallacious.

  • The failure to apprehend historical method has often led to the fallacious argument that the trustworthiness of individual features justifies our accepting the whole, or that the elimination of unhistorical elements will leave an historical residuum.

  • And skeptics then make the logically fallacious jump of concluding that the biblical record is indefensible!

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