paralogism
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French paralogisme, form Late Latin paralogismus, from Ancient Greek παραλογισμός (paralogismós).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editparalogism (plural paralogisms)
- A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.ii:
- Which is a Paralogism not admittible; a fallacy that dwels not in a cloud, and needs not the Sun to scatter it.
Translations
edita fallacious argument or illogical conclusion
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See also
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French paralogisme.
Noun
editparalogism n (plural paralogisme)
Declension
editDeclension of paralogism
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) paralogism | paralogismul | (niște) paralogisme | paralogismele |
genitive/dative | (unui) paralogism | paralogismului | (unor) paralogisme | paralogismelor |
vocative | paralogismule | paralogismelor |
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