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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

  1. noun A mistaken belief, especially one based on flawed reasoning.
  2. noun An argument that seems logical but is actually flawed or misleading.

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