fallacious argument

collocation in English

meaningsoffallaciousandargument

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fallacious
adjective
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/fəˈleɪ.ʃəs/us
/fəˈleɪ.ʃəs/
not ...
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argument
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɑːɡ.jə.mənt/us
/ˈɑːrɡ.jə.mənt/
a disagreement, or the process ...
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(Definition offallaciousandargumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He was suggesting that since everybody cannot have an old master we should not help the art market, but that is afallaciousargument.
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It spent so much of our resources and so much of its time in putting forward thisfallaciousargument.
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I believe that is a mostfallaciousargument.
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It is no use saying that the societies are already paying for the services; that is a perfectlyfallaciousargument.
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To my mind to refer to the needs of the modern age is a mostfallaciousargument.
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It would be extremely interesting if that turned out to be the case, but it seems to be an entirelyfallaciousargument.
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That is an entirelyfallaciousargument, because he is not comparing like with like.
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That is the mostfallaciousargumentwith which we have been presented for many years.
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I think that is afallaciousargumentfor two reasons.
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I have heard that advanced several times and it is a totallyfallaciousargument.
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It is afallaciousargumentto offer a comparison with the development corporation.
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I am not surprised that this matter has surfaced again in a slightly different guise, but with the samefallaciousargumentabout control.
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This is afallaciousargument, and if the accounts were prepared on a different basis it would be seen that this is not the case.
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That, obviously, is an entirelyfallaciousargumenton his part, so we can brush it on one side.
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I believe that to be the most foolish andfallaciousargumentthat was ever put before an assembly.
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I believe that that is a whollyfallaciousargument.
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I believe that this is, to some extent, afallaciousargument.
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With respect, that is a totallyfallaciousargument.
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The notion that to increase trading hours means to increase trade is afallaciousargument.
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That is an entirelyfallaciousargumentto use.
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