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Trugschluss — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fallacy noun A mistaken belief, especially one based on flawed reasoning.

Senses

Trugschluss is used for these senses in English:

  • deceptive cadence (music, US) a falling cadence in which the ear expects a dominant chord to resolve to the tonic, but it resolves to something else (usually a submediant chord) instead.
  • 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.

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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