fallacy

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fal·la·cy /ˈfæləsi/ noun (plural fallacies)  1  [countable]WRONG/INCORRECT a false idea or belief, especially one that a lot of people believe is true 误解，谬见 SYN misconception It’s a common fallacy that a neutered dog will become fat and lazy. 说阉割过的狗会变得又胖又懒，这是普遍的谬见。2. [countable, uncountable] formalMISTAKE a weakness in someone’s argument or ideas which is caused by a mistake in their thinking 推理谬误 SYN flaw → pathetic fallacy

Examples from the Corpus

fallacy• However, the assumption that productivity must be directly related to biomass or chlorophyll is a fallacy.• It is a fallacy to think that the more information an organisation has the better will be the decisions.• It's a fallacy that all fat people are fat simply because they eat too much.• It was essentially a new attempt to revive the Burkeian fallacy of empire through freedom, obedience through liberty.• The idea that a good night's sleep will cure everything is a complete fallacy.• However, it is important immediately to dispose of one popular fallacy.• Don't believe the fallacy that money brings happiness.• This fallacy says that everything that can happen, will happen, given enough time.• This fallacy has snared philosophers from Plato to Leibniz and beyond, and it still snares many major physicists.• The error is in taking the polynomial to be a structural representation of the system, but the basic underlying fallacy remains.Origin fallacy (1400-1500) Latin fallacia, from fallere “to deceive”

fal·la·cy nounChineseSyllable  

especially a idea belief, or one Corpus false

fallacy
fal‧la‧cy /ˈfæləsi/ noun (plural fallacies)1. [countable] a false idea or belief, especially one that a lot of people believe is true
   SYN  misconception:
    It’s a common fallacy that a neutered dog will become fat and lazy.
2. [uncountable and countable] formal a weakness in someone’s argument or ideas which is caused by a mistake in their thinking
   SYN  flaw
⇨ pathetic fallacy
     

THESAURUS

■ something that is untrue
   ▪ myth something a lot of people believe because they want to believe it, not because it is based on fact: The first myth about motherhood is that new mothers instantly fall in love with their babies. | Contrary to popular myth, our streets are much safer now than they were 100 years ago.
   ▪ illusion a belief or idea that is false, especially a belief in something good about yourself or about the situation you are in: Alcohol gives people the illusion of being witty and confident. | People bought the land under the illusion that the value would increase.
   ▪ misconception an idea that is not true but which people believe because they do not have all the facts, or they have not properly understood the situation: It’s a common misconception that vaccinations given in childhood last for life. | Employers seem to share the general misconception that young people are more efficient than older workers.
   ▪ delusion a completely mistaken idea, which affects your behaviour and what you decide to do: He began to suffer from paranoid delusions. | Many people labour under the delusion (=have the delusion) that anything which says ‘natural ingredients’ on the label must be harmless. | the delusion that women control most of the world' s wealth and power
   ▪ fallacy if you say that something is a fallacy, you mean that it is completely wrong to believe that it is true: The idea that a good night’s sleep will cure everything is a complete fallacy. | It’s a fallacy that all fat people are fat simply because they eat too much.

fal·lacyBrE /ˈfæləsi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfæləsi/ 🔊 noun (

plural

fal·lacies) [countable] a false idea that many people believe is true 谬见；谬论；谬误◆It is a fallacy to say that the camera never lies. 说照相机绝不骗人，这是谬见。🔊🔊 [uncountable, countable] a false way of thinking about sth 思维方式谬误；谬误推理◆He detected the fallacy of her argument. 他发觉她论据中的推理谬误。🔊🔊  ➡  see also pathetic fallacy