fallacy
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That is a causal fallacy dressed up as moral clarity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
"This is the sunk cost fallacy," he said, adding that "it keeps the addictive behaviour loop".
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
If you’re thinking, “I won’t be able to get the money for my great business idea,” that is a psychological fallacy.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
The promise is that we can shape behavior; the fallacy is that the power rarely reaches beyond cosmetic concessions.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2025
The misconception is so common that it has been given a name: the etymological fallacy.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Even neomercantilists have a little point buried in a heap of fallacies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
“One of the fallacies is that this is only targeting Latinos. If you look at the Vietnamese, Cambodian, Hmong, Chinese, even Japanese communities, they’re being picked up right in court.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
Ultimately, reframing the issue and zooming out can help counter the emotionally charged nature of these types of decisions that often lead to sunk cost fallacies.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2024
So placing that art outside time, or concocting fallacies about its artist’s intentions, has the potential to skew our perception of the art moving forward.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2024
“It’s one of the great fallacies, it seems to me,” said Lee, “that time gives much of anything but years and sadness to a man.”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing fallacy
Argumentative Writing
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Power Suffix: -acy
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