as in deception
the quality or state of being false
the fallaciousness of that argument will be apparent as soon as we examine it
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Watch on Deadline In the wake of his father’s disappearance at sea, Kojo, a young Ghanaian is drawn into a world of street gang and deception.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
14 Jan. 2025 -
Directed by Su Biao, the comedy about a woman entangled in financial deception has remained a steady performer since its release on Dec. 31.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 Jan. 2025
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But the Lions’ rash of injuries this year could show the ultimate fallacy of that argument.—
Josh Kendall,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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The Harvard cognitive scientist Steven Pinker has had much to say about Whorfian fallacies.—
Manvir Singh,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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In a moment of delusion, Simon cooks up a scheme to get Wei-Tung married and secure their friend Wei-Wei a green card.—
Sadie Collins,
Them,
24 Jan. 2025
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Researchers noted the positive effects of ecstatic epilepsy and synthesized fifty-three theoretical models of delusion.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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Aside from the urgent response, the disaster has also attracted damaging misinformation and falsehoods.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Since Trump left office in 2020, the Republican Party has also been instrumental in enabling the Stop the Steal movement, devoted to keeping alive the falsehood that Biden did not win the 2020 election.—
Omar G. Encarnación,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Jan. 2025
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Chris Gair, Thompson’s attorney, argued Tuesday that a falsity is an untruth about an objective fact while a misleading statement depends on what a reasonable person hears.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2025
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For them, the gap between his 2018 debut studio album Die Lit and 2020’s Whole Lotta Red was a grueling exhibition of falsities and hearsay.—
Olivier Lafontant,
Pitchfork,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Fallaciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallaciousness. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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