| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun fallacy.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (fallacy) |
1. A misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning.[Wordnet]. 2. Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.[Websters]. 3. An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a sophism.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Fallacies" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Correlative based fallacies | In logic, correlative based fallacies, also known as fallacies of distraction, are logical fallacies based on correlative conjunctions. (references) | ||
| Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science | Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science (1957) was Martin Gardner's second book, and has become a classic in the literature of entertaining skepticism. (references) | ||
| Seven Fallacies of Distributed Computing | These fallacies were created by Peter Deutsch (not the politician), one of Sun Microsystems' original fellows. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: FALLACIES | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| List of fallacies | 27 | Correlative-based fallacies | 8 | |
| Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science | 18 | Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science | 18 | |
| Fallacies of definition | 8 | Fads and Fallacies in the Social Sciences | 4 | |
| Correlative-based fallacies | 8 | Fallacies of definition | 8 | |
| Fads and Fallacies in the Social Sciences | 4 | Fallacies of Distributed Computing | 4 | |
| Fallacies of Distributed Computing | 4 | List of fallacies | 27 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | مغالطات (fallacies, fallacy), سَفْسَطَة (sophism, fallacies, fallacy, sophisms), مُغَالَطَة (fallacy, fallacies), قِيَاسٌ فاسِد (fallacies, fallacy, sophism, sophisms). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | مغالطات (fallacies, fallacy), سَفْسَطَة (sophism, fallacies, fallacy, sophisms), مُغَالَطَة (fallacy, fallacies), قِيَاسٌ فاسِد (fallacies, fallacy, sophism, sophisms). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | مغالطات (fallacies, fallacy), سَفْسَطَة (sophism, fallacies, fallacy, sophisms), مُغَالَطَة (fallacy, fallacies), قِيَاسٌ فاسِد (fallacies, fallacy, sophism, sophisms). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bahasa Indonesia | perdapat (fallacy, fallacies). Additional references: Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesia, Java, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | nesprávný názor (fallacy, fallacies). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | fallacies (fallacies). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Danish | vildfarelser (fallacies). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Tai | ความที่อาจจะผิดพลาดได้ปฤจฉวาที (fallacies, fallacy). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | nesprávný názor (fallacy, fallacies). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 错误的观念 (fallacies, fallacy), 谬误 (error, falsehood, mistaken idea, fallacy, wrongness). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 錯誤的理念 (fallacies, fallacy). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | nesprávný názor (fallacy, fallacies). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Danish | vildfarelser (fallacies). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dansk | vildfarelser (fallacies). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dari | اشتباه (wrong, erroneous, error, fault, mistake). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | Trugschlüße (fallacies), Täuschungen (deceptions, beguilements, deceits, delusions, illusivenesses). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dutch | drogreden (fallacies, fallacy, idolum, sophism, Logical fallacy). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Filipino | linlang (fallacies, fallacy). Additional references: Filipino, Philippines, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Finnish | erhe (error, fallacies, fallacy). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | erreurs (mistakes, errors, fallacies, slips, aberrations), sophismes (chicanery, fallacies). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | erreurs (mistakes, errors, fallacies, slips, aberrations), sophismes (chicanery, fallacies). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | Trugschlüße (fallacies), Täuschungen (deceptions, beguilements, deceits, delusions, illusivenesses). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek | σφαλερότητα (fallacy, fallibility, fallacies, wrongness). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek (transliteration) | sfalerotita (fallacy, fallibility, fallacies, wrongness). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hebrew | אל ןוכנ (fallacies, fallacious, fallacy, false, falser). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | مغالطات (fallacies, fallacy), سَفْسَطَة (sophism, fallacies, fallacy, sophisms), مُغَالَطَة (fallacy, fallacies), قِيَاسٌ فاسِد (fallacies, fallacy, sophism, sophisms). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | Trugschlüße (fallacies), Täuschungen (deceptions, beguilements, deceits, delusions, illusivenesses). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | Trugschlüße (fallacies), Täuschungen (deceptions, beguilements, deceits, delusions, illusivenesses). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hungarian | téves következtetés (fallacy, fallacies, paralogism). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Indonesian | perdapat (fallacy, fallacies). Additional references: Indonesian, Indonesia, Java, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | fallacie (fallacies), superstizioni (popular fallacies, superstitions), credenze popolaresche (popular fallacies). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ivrit | אל ןוכנ (fallacies, fallacious, fallacy, false, falser). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | 誤信 (fallacy, fallacies). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Magyar | téves következtetés (fallacy, fallacies, paralogism). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Norwegian | villfarelser (fallacies). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Pali | 三十三過 (thirty-three fallacies). Additional references: Pali, India, Myanmar, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Parsi | اشتباه (wrong, erroneous, error, fault, mistake). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian | اشتباه (wrong, erroneous, error, fault, mistake). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian (Farsi) | اشتباه (wrong, erroneous, error, fault, mistake). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Pilipino | linlang (fallacies, fallacy). Additional references: Pilipino, Philippines, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | falácias (fallacies), fallacies (fallacies). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ruotsi | bedrägligheter (fallacies). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian | софистик (fallacies). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian (transliteration) | sofistik (fallacies). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki | софистик (fallacies). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki (transliteration) | sofistik (fallacies). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Siamese | ความที่อาจจะผิดพลาดได้ปฤจฉวาที (fallacies, fallacy). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Sjaelland | vildfarelser (fallacies). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | falacias (fallacies), falsedades (untruths, fallacies, falsehoods, falsenesses, falsities). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Standard Thai | ความที่อาจจะผิดพลาดได้ปฤจฉวาที (fallacies, fallacy). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomea | erhe (error, fallacies, fallacy). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomi | erhe (error, fallacies, fallacy). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Svenska | bedrägligheter (fallacies). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swedish | bedrägligheter (fallacies). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Tagalog | linlang (fallacies, fallacy). Additional references: Tagalog, Philippines, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Thai | ความที่อาจจะผิดพลาดได้ปฤจฉวาที (fallacies, fallacy). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Thaiklang | ความที่อาจจะผิดพลาดได้ปฤจฉวาที (fallacies, fallacy). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | yanlış fikir (fallacies, fallacy, error, idol, mistaken opinion). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ukrainian | Помилка (errors, fallacies). Additional references: Ukrainian, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ukrainian (transliteration) | pomilka (errors, fallacies). Additional references: Ukrainian, fallacies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “fallacies” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Pig Latin | allaciesfay (fallacies). Additional references: Pig Latin, fallacies. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | fallacies (fallacies). Additional references: Terran B, fallacies. (volunteer) | |||
| Source: compiled by the editor. | Top | |||
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