fallacia

Definitions of fallacia
  1. noun
    a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
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    sofisma, sofisticheria
    a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
    paralogismo
    an unintentionally invalid argument
    astrologia
    a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon
    alchimia
    a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
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