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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Noun
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The series was loosely inspired by the non-fiction book The Woman Who Fooled the World, written by Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano, the two journalists who uncovered the details of Gibson’s deception.—
Abid Rahman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
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One of the great joys of the U.S. version of The Traitors is watching familiar faces across the reality TV map converge in a game of strategy and deception (and, yes, mehrduhr).—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The fallacy of genetic essentialism Genetic essentialism is the concept that genes alone are the reason why someone develops a specific trait or behaves a certain way.—
Shoumita Dasgupta,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2025
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That fallacy would be legal malpractice if argued by Loudermilk as a private lawyer.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Danielle, a mastermind on Big Brother, is a portrait of delusion.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
6 Feb. 2025
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Fans, as usual, suffer from the delusion that someone else should pay for their football club and subsidise its continual losses.—
Jack Lang,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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The platform has itself been called a cesspool, rife with hateful rhetoric and falsehoods.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2025
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The success of this experiment will depend on whether the social contract of trust between creators and their audiences leads to a digital ecosystem where facts are rewarded over falsehoods.—
Cherie Brooke Luo,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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After Trump lost the election, the Proud Boys helped spread falsities about election fraud and tampering on social media.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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This is mainly the case because what's being peddled by these champions of freedom is spin, self-serving falsity, and whole-cloth fabrications.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Fallaciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallaciousness. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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