FAL'LACY, noun [Latin fallacia.] 1. Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind. Detect the fallacy of the argument. 2. Deception; mistake. This appearance may be all a fallacy I'll entertain the favored fallacy
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