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