"fallacious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /fə.ˈleɪ.ʃəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-fallacious.wav [US] Forms: more fallacious [comparative], most fallacious [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: From Middle English fallacious; equivalent to fallacy + -ous. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fallacious}} Middle English fallacious, {{suffix|en|fallacy|ous}} fallacy + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} fallacious (comparative more fallacious, superlative most fallacious)
  1. Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken. Synonyms: erroneous, incorrect, wrong, false Translations (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken): погрешен (pogrešen) (Bulgarian), измамен (izmamen) (Bulgarian), bedrieglijk (Dutch), virheellinen (Finnish), paikkansapitämätön (Finnish), erheellinen [literary, poetic] (Finnish), fallacieux (French), fallásach (Irish), жаңылыштык (jaŋılıştık) (Kyrgyz), ката (kata) (Kyrgyz), falsus (Latin), hāwatewate (Maori), tipatipa (Maori), mylny (Polish), chybiony (Polish), falacioso (Portuguese), оши́бочный (ošíbočnyj) (Russian), erróneo (Spanish), felaktig (Swedish), yanlış (Turkish), yanılgılı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fallacious-en-adj-7yJLwbj0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous, English terms with collocations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with collocations: 57 43 Disambiguation of 'characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken': 97 3
  2. Deceptive or misleading. Synonyms: deceitful, deceiving, mendacious, misdirective Translations (deceptive or misleading): неверен (neveren) (Bulgarian), лъжлив (lǎžliv) (Bulgarian), harhaanjohtava (Finnish), pettävä (Finnish), erehdyttävä (Finnish), irreführend (German), trügerisch (German), fallāx (Latin), erróneo (Portuguese), ло́жный (lóžnyj) (Russian), обма́нчивый (obmánčivyj) (Russian), aldatıcı (Turkish), yanıltıcı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fallacious-en-adj-c7MCC-1s Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'deceptive or misleading': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fallaciously, fallaciousness

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      "word": "erróneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken",
      "word": "felaktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken",
      "word": "yanlış"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken",
      "word": "yanılgılı"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neveren",
      "sense": "deceptive or misleading",
      "word": "неверен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lǎžliv",
      "sense": "deceptive or misleading",
      "word": "лъжлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deceptive or misleading",
      "word": "harhaanjohtava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deceptive or misleading",
      "word": "pettävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deceptive or misleading",
      "word": "erehdyttävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deceptive or misleading",
      "word": "irreführend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deceptive or misleading",
      "word": "trügerisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "deceptive or misleading",
      "word": "fallāx"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deceptive or misleading",
      "word": "erróneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lóžnyj",
      "sense": "deceptive or misleading",
      "word": "ло́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obmánčivyj",
      "sense": "deceptive or misleading",
      "word": "обма́нчивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "deceptive or misleading",
      "word": "aldatıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "deceptive or misleading",
      "word": "yanıltıcı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fallacious"
}

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