paralogism

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Pronunciation

/pəˈɹaləd͡ʒɪzəm/ (UK)

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/pəˈɹaləd͡ʒɪzəm/ (UK) · /pəˈɹæləd͡ʒɪzəm/

Definition of paralogism

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical.

“Which is a Paralogism not admittible; a fallacy that dwels not in a cloud, and needs not the Sun to scatter it.”

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Borrowed from Middle French paralogisme, from Late Latin paralogismus, from Ancient Greek παραλογισμός (paralogismós).

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