logical fallacy

collocation in English

meaningsoflogicalandfallacy

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logical
adjective
uk
/ˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
using ...
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fallacy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfæl.ə.si/us
/ˈfæl.ə.si/
an idea that a lot of people think is true but is in ...
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(Definition oflogicalandfallacyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflogical fallacy

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The all-too-commonlogicalfallacyis to conclude that one causes the other without consideration of the possibility that both are determined by common external causes.
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It seems to me there is a completelogicalfallacyin that line of argument.
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It seems to me that there is alogicalfallacysomewhere or other along the line.
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There is alogicalfallacyat the heart of what he said.
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There seems to be a basiclogicalfallacyin the introduction of charges which are made upon those who make application for development.
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I suspect there is alogicalfallacysomewhere in the contention that part-time labour is cheaper than full-time labour.
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I think that he is falling into alogicalfallacy.
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That is the oldestlogicalfallacyin the world.
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They are simply these, that the mutual and balanced force reductions are based upon alogicalfallacy.
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That is alogicalfallacyand simply untrue.
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The argument he sets out in paragraph 37 has alogicalfallacyin it, which is fairly unusual in an analytical matter of this kind.
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I believe that the doctrine of flexible response has always been based upon an intellectual andlogicalfallacy.
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What is more, this theory of deterrent contains another majorlogicalfallacy.
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He fell, and subsequent speakers have fallen, into a simplelogicalfallacy.
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With respect to that excellent publication, there is alogicalfallacy—the law of the undistributed middle—in its case.
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There is alogicalfallacyin what is proposed.
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That statement is based on alogicalfallacy.
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It would therefore be alogicalfallacy.
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There is alogicalfallacyhere.
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It is alogicalfallacy.
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