4
misbelief(noun, slip, confusion, deception, failure)
4
misinterpretation(noun, deception, mistake, error, deviation)
4
paradox(noun, illusion, misconception)
4
paralogism(noun, reasoning)
4
spuriousness(noun, cover, correct, line, deception)
4
untruthfulness(deception, lie, sham, story, untruth)
3
artifice(noun, trick, deception, lie, impression)
3
claptrap
3
elusion(noun, mistake, error, illusion, falsity)
3
false impression(noun, expression, confusion, deception, impression)
3
fancy(noun, confusion, deception, impression, image)
3
faultiness(noun, mistake, error, illusion, falsity)
3
fib(noun, cover, line, trick, deception)
3
heterodoxy(noun, doubt, uncertainty, dissent, error)
3
ignis fatuus(noun, expression, idiom, fancy, confusion)
3
inexactness(noun, deception, mistake, error, deviation)
3
misunderstanding(noun, slip, failure, fault, mistake)
3
phantasm(noun, fancy, confusion, deception, impression)
3
quirk(noun, reasoning, illusion, misconception)
3
self-contradiction
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