What is the meaning of fallacious?

adjective

  • Containing or based on a fallacy.
    • usage: "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument"
  • Intended to deceive.
    • usage: "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S. T. Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"
  • Based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information.
    • usage: "fallacious hope"
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