fallacious
Example Sentences
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Podcasters validate their fears and doubts, cite fallacious research, or more speciously, quote the all-purpose source of “some” or “they” without evidence.
From Salon
Eritrea’s information minister on Wednesday called the report “fallacious.”
From Washington Times
He argued that the constitutional change had reset the clock to zero, but legal experts in Senegal and abroad dismissed the contention as fallacious.
From New York Times
“Everything would be taken to be shredded in due course. … The document was taken when I was not there and leaked out of context, helping to fuel fallacious narratives against me.”
From Washington Post
Cognitive biases, like confirmation bias, play a huge role in supporting such a fallacious thought process to detrimental ends.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
