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LOGICAL FALLACY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fallacy in logical argumentation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("logical fallacy" is a kind of...):
fallacy; false belief (a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "logical fallacy"):
hysteron proteron (the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved)
ignoratio elenchi (the logical fallacy of supposing that an argument proving an irrelevant point has proved the point at issue)
petitio; petitio principii (the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question)
post hoc; post hoc ergo propter hoc (the logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation)
