Definitions for: Fallacious

[adj] based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information; "fallacious hope"
[adj] intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"
[adj] containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument"

Webster (1913) Definition: Fal*la"cious, a. [L. fallaciosus, fr. fallacia: cf.
F. fallacieux. See Fallacy.]
Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; illogical; fitted to
deceive; misleading; delusive; as, fallacious arguments or
reasoning. -- Fal*la"cious*ly, adv. -Fal*la"cious*ness,
n.

Synonyms: deceitful, dishonest, dishonorable, fraudulent, incorrect, invalid, unsound, wrong

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