Word of the Day: FALLACIOUS

Full of untruth

fallacious (adj) - based on a fallacy; misleading; deceptive in meaning [fuh-ley-shuhs]

BREAKDOWN: FAL- (deceive) + -ACIOUS (full of)

• fallaciousness is the quality of being fallacious

• a fallacy is a false notion, a mistaken idea, or a statement that contradicts fact

“The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.” — Carl Sagan

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