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as in delusion
a false idea or belief
the once-common fallacy that girls just weren't any good at math
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as in deception
the quality or state of being false
the fallacy of the notion of spontaneous generation was demonstrated by the Dutch naturalist Leeuwenhoek
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Recent Examples of fallacy
The biggest fallacy in the fantasy game is that consistency is king.
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Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
Trust Yourself To Know When To Rest The concept of separating life and work for a true professional is a fallacy.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Human sociability, conformism, and the sunk cost fallacy—which leads people to double down on a failing course of action—all contribute to maintaining the status quo.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
But that's been the fallacy for decades, Tambling said.
—Cleo Krejci, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2024
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Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
Trust Yourself To Know When To Rest The concept of separating life and work for a true professional is a fallacy.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Human sociability, conformism, and the sunk cost fallacy—which leads people to double down on a failing course of action—all contribute to maintaining the status quo.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
But that's been the fallacy for decades, Tambling said.
—Cleo Krejci, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fallacy
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With scary precision, the playwright captures the delusion that roots itself in families who use faith to control.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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Corcoran is under the paranoid delusion that prison guards are torturing him with sound waves.Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
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If the princess world is all sort of deception, this is no artifice at all.Simon Thompson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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So, in the spirit of humoring that little Gremlin, here’s a rundown of some of Pattinson’s most memorable deceptions and dubious claims.Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
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Zucker kicked things off in the book’s foreword writing about seeing and collecting pointed diamonds from the 15th century and earlier — a point that helped Fasel to unlock a myth that engagement rings are an invention of the 20th century.Thomas Waller, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
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Read more What People Think Opinion related to business and economic issues submitted to The Hill: Debunking the myth of the military welfare queen You’re all caught up.Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2024
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By empowering legal teams to achieve accurate, timely SEC compliance, his innovations help companies avoid costly errors and regulatory issues, ultimately supporting investor confidence and market integrity.Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Externalities can and do bring on higher prices without having anything to do with currency error.John Tamny, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Part of the show’s magic is that performers can literally be anybody or anything and the listener completes the illusion with their mind’s eye.Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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The illusion of the regime's power was as important to Assad as Saydnaya prison, as the multiple branches of the intelligence services, military brigades and their brutal physical force.James Longman, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Some voters might even have backed him because of his relentless falsehoods.Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Here’s a look at our fact checks of falsehoods that stemmed from Russian influence operations.Loreben Tuquero, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Fallacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallacy. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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