词源

源自中古英語 、、，源自古法語 ，源自拉丁語 (“欺骗”, 名词)，源自 (“欺骗性的”)，源自 (“欺骗”, 动词)。

发音

• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈfæləsi/

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名词

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1. 欺骗性的事物

   近義詞： 、

   • 1749, , , 卷s (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar […], →OCLC:

     Mr Jones expressed great gratitude to the lady for the kind intentions towards him which she had expressed, and indeed testified, by this proposal; but, besides intimating some diffidence of success from the lady’s knowledge of his love to her niece, which had not been her case in regard to Mr Fitzpatrick, he said, he was afraid Miss Western would never agree to an imposition of this kind, as well from her utter detestation of all fallacy as from her avowed duty to her aunt.

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   • 1834, ], Francesca Carrara. […], 卷 II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC，頁號s 108–109:

     I no longer believe in happiness, because I see the fallacy of my first belief; and the examination which that induced, has shewn me the fallacy of all. Shew me a heart without its hidden wound.

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2. (邏輯學) 谬误

   近義詞： ；亦參見Thesaurus:incorrect argument

   下位詞： 、

   • 1983, , The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN，頁號 163:

     Baldridge also showed the "one molecule of blood," usually held to be the stimulus for attracting sharks, to be another common fallacy, since a molecule of blood does not exist.

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延伸阅读

• “fallacy”, Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, OCLC 800618302
• “fallacy”, The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, OCLC 867766587
• OneLook 在线词典 上有关 fallacy 的释义
• “fallacy” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
• “fallacy”, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [美國傳統英語詞典], 第五版, 麻薩諸塞州波士頓: 霍頓・米夫林・哈考特, 2016, ISBN 978-0-544-45445-3
• “fallacy” in the Collins English Dictionary
• “fallacy” (US) / “fallacy” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.