virhepäätelmä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- fallacy noun A mistaken belief, especially one based on flawed reasoning.
Senses
virhepäätelmä is used for these senses in English:
- fallacy (logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a specious argument.
- paralogism A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical.
fallacy — full definition
- noun A mistaken belief, especially one based on flawed reasoning.
- noun An argument that seems logical but is actually flawed or misleading.