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fallacious

  • 1 falaz

    adj.
    false.
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    ► adjetivo (pl falaces)
    1 (erróneo) fallacious
    2 (engañoso) deceitful, false
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    ADJ [individuo] false, deceitful; [doctrina] false, fallacious frm; [apariencia] deceptive, misleading
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    adjetivo false
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    = bogus, meretricious, deceptive, distortive, mendacious.
    Ex. The article 'A bogus and dismal science, or the eggplant that ate library schools' discusses the reasons for the perennial professional indentity crisis amongst librarians.
    Ex. The responsibility of the critic must be to maintain rigorous standards, and strive to alert the public to the implications for the future of a market flooded with meretricious productions.
    Ex. Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
    Ex. Its distortive influence on feminist research has so far remained undiscussed.
    Ex. I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.
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    adjetivo false
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    = bogus, meretricious, deceptive, distortive, mendacious.

    Ex: The article 'A bogus and dismal science, or the eggplant that ate library schools' discusses the reasons for the perennial professional indentity crisis amongst librarians.

    Ex: The responsibility of the critic must be to maintain rigorous standards, and strive to alert the public to the implications for the future of a market flooded with meretricious productions.
    Ex: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
    Ex: Its distortive influence on feminist research has so far remained undiscussed.
    Ex: I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.

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    1 ‹apariencias› false, deceptive
    2 ‹declaraciones/razonamiento› false, fallacious ( frml); ‹promesas› false
    3 ‹persona› deceitful, false
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    falaz adjetivo
    1 (falso) fallacious
    2 (engañoso) treacherous
    ' falaz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    engañosa
    - engañoso
    English:
    bogus
    - spurious
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    falaz adj
    false
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    adj false
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    falaz, - laza adj, mpl falaces falso: fallacious, false

    Spanish-English dictionary > falaz

  • 2 engañoso

    adj.
    1 deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, liar.
    2 delusive, misleading, illusive, delusional.
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    1 (gen) deceptive
    2 (palabras) deceitful; (consejo) misleading
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    (f. - engañosa)
    adj.
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    ADJ (=persona) deceitful, dishonest; (=apariencia) deceptive; (=consejo) misleading
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    - sa adjetivo < palabras> deceitful; < apariencias> deceptive
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    = deceptive, fallacious, deceitful, devious, sneaky [sneakier -comp., sneakiest -sup.], specious, duplicitous, distortive.
    Ex. Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
    Ex. On the basis of current knowledge it seems fallacious to describe people's consumer behavior as having clear-cut objectives.
    Ex. Again, on the matter of the sources already consulted by the enquirer, the implication is not that he is unreliable or deceitful, but that in looking up the Encyclopedia Americana he may not be aware of the existence of the index.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The devious, the distraught and the deranged: designing and applying personal safety into library protection'.
    Ex. The article carries the title 'Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.
    Ex. This comparative frame of reference is specious and irrelevant on several counts.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex. Its distortive influence on feminist research has so far remained undiscussed.
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    * de apariencia engañosa = misleading.
    * naturaleza engañosa = deceptiveness.
    * palabra engañosa = weasel word.
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    - sa adjetivo < palabras> deceitful; < apariencias> deceptive
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    = deceptive, fallacious, deceitful, devious, sneaky [sneakier -comp., sneakiest -sup.], specious, duplicitous, distortive.

    Ex: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.

    Ex: On the basis of current knowledge it seems fallacious to describe people's consumer behavior as having clear-cut objectives.
    Ex: Again, on the matter of the sources already consulted by the enquirer, the implication is not that he is unreliable or deceitful, but that in looking up the Encyclopedia Americana he may not be aware of the existence of the index.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The devious, the distraught and the deranged: designing and applying personal safety into library protection'.
    Ex: The article carries the title 'Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.
    Ex: This comparative frame of reference is specious and irrelevant on several counts.
    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex: Its distortive influence on feminist research has so far remained undiscussed.
    * de apariencia engañosa = misleading.
    * naturaleza engañosa = deceptiveness.
    * palabra engañosa = weasel word.

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    ‹palabras› deceitful; ‹apariencias› deceptive
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    engañoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ palabras› deceitful;


    ‹ apariencias› deceptive
    engañoso,-a adj (mentiroso, falaz) deceitful
    (apariencia) deceptive
    ' engañoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amagar
    - engañosa
    - falaz
    English:
    deceptive
    - misleading
    - deceitful
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    engañoso, -a adj
    1. [aspecto, apariencia, impresión] deceptive
    2. [persona, palabras] deceitful
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    adj persona, palabras deceitful; apariencias deceptive
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    engañoso, -sa adj
    1) : deceitful
    2) : misleading, deceptive
    * * *
    engañoso adj deceptive

    Spanish-English dictionary > engañoso

  • 3 erróneo

    adj.
    erroneous, equivocal, wrong, mistaken.
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    1 erroneous, wrong, mistaken, unsound
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    (f. - errónea)
    adj.
    erroneous, wrong
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    ADJ (=equivocado) mistaken, erroneous; (=falso) untrue, false
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    - nea adjetivo (frml) <decisión/afirmación> wrong, erroneous (frml)
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    = erroneous, false, misguided, misleading, wrong, wrong-headed, misapplied, fallacious, misplaced, misinformed, in error.
    Ex. Mistakes in check-in will occasionally lead to erroneous entries in the receipt history.
    Ex. The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.
    Ex. We have long recognized the necessity for medical schools and law schools to lead the way in exploring new methods and new ideas -- even ones that prove to be wrong or misguided.
    Ex. Some titles are deliberately misleading or eye-catching, rather than informative.
    Ex. In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.
    Ex. His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.
    Ex. The word 'archival' has been rejected so as to avoid some misapplied promotional efforts by vendors.
    Ex. On the basis of current knowledge it seems fallacious to describe people's consumer behavior as having clear-cut objectives.
    Ex. Because of the nature of AIDS, much misinformation, prejudice, and misplaced fear exist both within the general public and in professional communities worldwide.
    Ex. In the 1990s damaging stereotypes and misguided caricatures persist in dominating the American public's generally misinformed view of what it means to be a librarian.
    Ex. Errors are indicated by a flashing light and the repositioning of the cursor at the item in error.
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    * aplicar un tratamiento erróneo = mistreat.
    * colocado en lugar erróneo = misplaced.
    * correo con dirección errónea = misdirected mail.
    * interpretación errónea = misinterpretation, misrepresentation.
    * llevar a conclusiones erróneas = mislead.
    * representación errónea = misrepresentation.
    * ser erróneo = be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error.
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    - nea adjetivo (frml) <decisión/afirmación> wrong, erroneous (frml)
    * * *
    = erroneous, false, misguided, misleading, wrong, wrong-headed, misapplied, fallacious, misplaced, misinformed, in error.

    Ex: Mistakes in check-in will occasionally lead to erroneous entries in the receipt history.

    Ex: The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.
    Ex: We have long recognized the necessity for medical schools and law schools to lead the way in exploring new methods and new ideas -- even ones that prove to be wrong or misguided.
    Ex: Some titles are deliberately misleading or eye-catching, rather than informative.
    Ex: In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.
    Ex: His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.
    Ex: The word 'archival' has been rejected so as to avoid some misapplied promotional efforts by vendors.
    Ex: On the basis of current knowledge it seems fallacious to describe people's consumer behavior as having clear-cut objectives.
    Ex: Because of the nature of AIDS, much misinformation, prejudice, and misplaced fear exist both within the general public and in professional communities worldwide.
    Ex: In the 1990s damaging stereotypes and misguided caricatures persist in dominating the American public's generally misinformed view of what it means to be a librarian.
    Ex: Errors are indicated by a flashing light and the repositioning of the cursor at the item in error.
    * aplicar un tratamiento erróneo = mistreat.
    * colocado en lugar erróneo = misplaced.
    * correo con dirección errónea = misdirected mail.
    * interpretación errónea = misinterpretation, misrepresentation.
    * llevar a conclusiones erróneas = mislead.
    * representación errónea = misrepresentation.
    * ser erróneo = be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error.

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    ( frml); ‹decisión/afirmación› wrong, erroneous ( frml)
    sería erróneo afirmar que … it would be wrong o erroneous to say that …
    debido a un cálculo erróneo owing to a mistake in the calculations, owing to a miscalculation
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    erróneo
    ◊ - nea adjetivo (frml) ‹decisión/afirmación› wrong, erroneous (frml)

    erróneo,-a adjetivo erroneous, wrong

    ' erróneo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    errónea
    - incorrecta
    - incorrecto
    English:
    erroneous
    - false
    - improper
    - misconceived
    - misleading
    - mistaken
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    erróneo, -a adj
    [juicio, afirmación, decisión] mistaken, erroneous; [cálculo, datos] incorrect, wrong;
    sería erróneo claudicar ahora it would be a mistake to give in now
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    adj wrong, erroneous fml
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    erróneo, - nea adj
    equivocado: erroneous, wrong
    * * *
    erróneo adj wrong / incorrect

    Spanish-English dictionary > erróneo

  • 4 paralogismo

    m.
    paralogism, false reasoning.
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    masculino fallacious argument, paralogism (frml)
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    masculino fallacious argument, paralogism (frml)
    * * *
    fallacious argument, paralogism ( frml)
    * * *
    paralogism

    Spanish-English dictionary > paralogismo

  • 5 equivocarse

    1 to make a mistake, be mistaken, be wrong (de dirección, camino etc) to go wrong, get wrong
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    to make a mistake, be wrong
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    VPR (=no tener razón) to be wrong, be mistaken; (=cometer un error) to make a mistake

    te equivocas, eso no es así — you're wrong o mistaken, it isn't like that

    si crees que voy a dejarte ir, te equivocas — if you think I'm going to let you go, you're wrong o mistaken

    • equivocarse con algn — to be wrong about sb

    la consideraba honesta, pero me equivoqué con ella — I thought she was honest, but I was wrong about her

    • equivocarse de algo, nos equivocamos de hora y llegamos tarde — we got the time wrong, and we arrived late

    perdone, me he equivocado de número — sorry, (I've got the) wrong number

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    (v.) = commit + error, err, mistake, make + error, bark up + the wrong tree, get + it + (all) wrong, slip up
    Ex. Let us perform a simple thought experiment: assume that a cataloger has committed a simple transposition error and transcribed YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER as YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER.
    Ex. Wherein had she erred? Try as she might she could think of nothing.
    Ex. A flat 'no' to a question such as 'Is this book recommended for Professor Shaw's course?' leaves uncertainty as to whether one was mistaken in the professor or in the suggestion that it was for a course.
    Ex. This has been taken a step further by using a screen editor to 'prevent the human indexer or coder from making syntactic errors in the first place'.
    Ex. The article ' Barking up the wrong tree' argues that the belief, by many book publishers, that they can use the Internet to bypass booksellers and sell their books direct to purchasers, is fallacious.
    Ex. There are risks in assuming that the enquirer has got it all wrong.
    Ex. He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.
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    (v.) = commit + error, err, mistake, make + error, bark up + the wrong tree, get + it + (all) wrong, slip up

    Ex: Let us perform a simple thought experiment: assume that a cataloger has committed a simple transposition error and transcribed YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER as YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER.

    Ex: Wherein had she erred? Try as she might she could think of nothing.
    Ex: A flat 'no' to a question such as 'Is this book recommended for Professor Shaw's course?' leaves uncertainty as to whether one was mistaken in the professor or in the suggestion that it was for a course.
    Ex: This has been taken a step further by using a screen editor to 'prevent the human indexer or coder from making syntactic errors in the first place'.
    Ex: The article ' Barking up the wrong tree' argues that the belief, by many book publishers, that they can use the Internet to bypass booksellers and sell their books direct to purchasers, is fallacious.
    Ex: There are risks in assuming that the enquirer has got it all wrong.
    Ex: He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.

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    ■equivocarse verbo reflexivo
    1 (confundirse, errar) to make a mistake: me equivoqué de calle, I took the wrong street
    te equivocas de persona, you've got the wrong person
    2 (estar en un error) to be mistaken: te equivocas, you are mistaken
    no te equivocas, you are right
    ' equivocarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despistarse
    - patinar
    - resbalar
    - confundir
    - equivocar
    - tiro
    English:
    astray
    - blunder
    - flub
    - fluff
    - goof
    - misdiagnose
    - mistake
    - trial
    - wrong
    - err
    - safely
    - slip
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    vpr
    [estar en un error] to be wrong; [cometer un error] to make a mistake;
    yo creo que te equivocas I think you're mistaken;
    te equivocas si crees que me voy a asustar you're mistaken if you think you're going to frighten me;
    se equivocó al girar she took the wrong turning;
    te equivocas con tu profesor, no es tan mala persona you're wrong about your teacher, he's not such a bad person;
    se equivocó de nombre/puerta he got the wrong name/door;
    equivocarse de fecha/día to get the date/day wrong;
    te equivocaste de profesión, deberías haber sido actor you're in the wrong profession, you should have been an actor;
    equivocarse en algo to make a mistake in sth;
    ¿en qué nos equivocamos con él? where did we go wrong with him?;
    se equivocó en la suma she got the total wrong
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    v/r make a mistake;
    te has equivocado you are wrong o mistaken;
    equivocarse de número TELEC get the wrong number;
    equivocarse de camino take the wrong road;
    si no me equivoco if I’m not mistaken
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    vr
    : to make a mistake, to be wrong
    * * *
    1. (confundirse) to be wrong / to make a mistake
    2. (de camino, dirección, etc) to go wrong / to get wrong

    Spanish-English dictionary > equivocarse

  • 6 meter la pata

    familiar to put one's foot in it
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    (v.) = bark up + the wrong tree, be caught out, put + Posesivo + foot in it, put + Posesivo + foot in + Posesivo + mouth, shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot, stick + Posesivo + foot in it, screw up, make + a bloomer, slip up, make + a blunder, drop + a clanger, drop + a bollock, blunder
    Ex. The article ' Barking up the wrong tree' argues that the belief, by many book publishers, that they can use the Internet to bypass booksellers and sell their books direct to purchasers, is fallacious.
    Ex. All librarians can tell tales of being caught out in this way, to learn of their error only when the answer has been produced: information on dance-halls when dinosaurs was asked for, or on the grey starling when something on Grace Darling was what was wanted = Todos los bibliotecarios pueden contar historias de cuando han metido la pata de este modo para aprender del error sólo cuando se ha producido la respuesta: información sobre los salones de baile cuando se preguntaba por los dinosaurios, o sobre el estornino gris cuando se quería algo sobre Grace Darling.
    Ex. She somehow manages to put her foot in it and get laughed at every time, usually as a direct consequence of her unsureness of her own capabilities.
    Ex. She put her foot in her mouth when she asked a fat woman who was not pregnant when her baby was due.
    Ex. In other words, we have become our worst enemy, continually shooting ourselves in the foot.
    Ex. She's just always shooting her mouth off and sticking her foot in it.
    Ex. Although we're lucky to have them, eager beavers can screw up if you give them the opportunity.
    Ex. He is well-known for making bloomers in public engagements.
    Ex. He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.
    Ex. Since its independence 61 years ago our nation has erred, but this time they have made a blunder.
    Ex. After dropping a clanger, you are left with a sense of shame and you just want to disappear and hide away.
    Ex. But we are all only human and I have recently ' dropped a bollock' as we English say.
    Ex. Michael Howard has blundered again, and again he has done so by trying to imitate Blair while lacking his finesse.
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    (v.) = bark up + the wrong tree, be caught out, put + Posesivo + foot in it, put + Posesivo + foot in + Posesivo + mouth, shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot, stick + Posesivo + foot in it, screw up, make + a bloomer, slip up, make + a blunder, drop + a clanger, drop + a bollock, blunder

    Ex: The article ' Barking up the wrong tree' argues that the belief, by many book publishers, that they can use the Internet to bypass booksellers and sell their books direct to purchasers, is fallacious.

    Ex: All librarians can tell tales of being caught out in this way, to learn of their error only when the answer has been produced: information on dance-halls when dinosaurs was asked for, or on the grey starling when something on Grace Darling was what was wanted = Todos los bibliotecarios pueden contar historias de cuando han metido la pata de este modo para aprender del error sólo cuando se ha producido la respuesta: información sobre los salones de baile cuando se preguntaba por los dinosaurios, o sobre el estornino gris cuando se quería algo sobre Grace Darling.
    Ex: She somehow manages to put her foot in it and get laughed at every time, usually as a direct consequence of her unsureness of her own capabilities.
    Ex: She put her foot in her mouth when she asked a fat woman who was not pregnant when her baby was due.
    Ex: In other words, we have become our worst enemy, continually shooting ourselves in the foot.
    Ex: She's just always shooting her mouth off and sticking her foot in it.
    Ex: Although we're lucky to have them, eager beavers can screw up if you give them the opportunity.
    Ex: He is well-known for making bloomers in public engagements.
    Ex: He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.
    Ex: Since its independence 61 years ago our nation has erred, but this time they have made a blunder.
    Ex: After dropping a clanger, you are left with a sense of shame and you just want to disappear and hide away.
    Ex: But we are all only human and I have recently ' dropped a bollock' as we English say.
    Ex: Michael Howard has blundered again, and again he has done so by trying to imitate Blair while lacking his finesse.

    Spanish-English dictionary > meter la pata

  • 7 falacia

    f.
    1 lie, untruth (mentira).
    eso es una falacia that's a lie, that's not true
    2 fallacy, illusion, take-in, absurdity.
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    1 (error) fallacy
    2 (engaño) deceit, trick
    3 (hábito de engañar) deceitfulness
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    SF
    1) (=engaño) deceit, fraud; (=error) fallacy
    2) (=falsedad) deceitfulness
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    femenino fallacy
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    = fallacy, factoid.
    Ex. The article was titled 'Serial pricing and copyrights: prophecies, strategies and fallacies'.
    Ex. Most of the textbooks contain catalogues of decontextualized cultural factoids rather than strategies for identifying and understanding cultural differences.
    * * *
    femenino fallacy
    * * *
    = fallacy, factoid.

    Ex: The article was titled 'Serial pricing and copyrights: prophecies, strategies and fallacies'.

    Ex: Most of the textbooks contain catalogues of decontextualized cultural factoids rather than strategies for identifying and understanding cultural differences.

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    fallacy
    ese argumento es una falacia that is a fallacious argument
    Compuesto:
    pathetic fallacy
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    falacia sustantivo femenino fallacy
    ' falacia' also found in these entries:
    English:
    fallacy
    * * *
    1. [mentira] lie, untruth;
    eso es una falacia that's a lie, that's not true
    2. [concepción errónea] fallacy
    * * *
    f
    1 fallacy
    2 ( engaño) fraud
    * * *
    : fallacy

    Spanish-English dictionary > falacia

  • 8 delusorio

    adj.
    1 deceitful, fallacious.
    2 deceiving, false, delusory, misleading.
    3 delusional.
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    Spanish-English dictionary > delusorio

  • 9 sofístico

    adj.
    sophistic, sophistical.
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    ADJ sophistic, sophistical
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    Del verbo sofisticar: ( conjugate sofisticar)

    sofistico es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    sofisticó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    sofisticar    
    sofístico
    sofisticar verbo transitivo to sophisticate
    sofístico,-a adj Fil sophistic
    ' sofístico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sofística
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    sofístico, -a adj
    specious, fallacious

    Spanish-English dictionary > sofístico

  • 10 vana

    adj.
    1 Vain (inútil), wanting solidity.
    2 Inane, empty, fallacious.
    3 Useless, frivolous (frívolo).
    4 Arrogant, haughty, presumptuous, conceited, foppish.
    5 Insubstantial, groundless, futile.
    En vano in vain, unnecessarily, uselessly, wantonly
    f.
    feminine of VANO.
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    f., (m. - vano)
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    vano,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (sin resultado, inútil) futile, vain: son vanos tus esfuerzos por convencerme, your efforts to convince me are futile
    2 (sin fundamento, irreal) vain, unreal
    3 (vacuo, insustancial) empty
    4 (vanidoso) vain, conceited
    II m Arquit opening
    ♦ Locuciones: en vano, in vain
    ' vana' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ilusión
    - frivolidad
    English:
    delusion

    Spanish-English dictionary > vana

  • 11 sofística

    adj.
    sophistical, fallacious.
    * * *

    Del verbo sofisticar: ( conjugate sofisticar)

    sofistica es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    sofisticar    
    sofística
    sofisticar verbo transitivo to sophisticate
    sofístico,-a adj Fil sophistic

    Spanish-English dictionary > sofística

  • 12 delusorio

    • deceiving
    • delusory
    • fallacious

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > delusorio

  • 13 falaz

    • deceitful
    • deceptive
    • fallacious
    • feigned
    • insignificant thing
    • insincere talk
    • specious
    • unnatural

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > falaz

  • 14 fraudulento

    • bogus
    • fallacious
    • fraudulent
    • trumped-up
    • underhand

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > fraudulento

  • 15 delusivo

    adj.
    delusive, fallacious.

    Spanish-English dictionary > delusivo

  • 16 marfuz

    adj.
    1 repudiated, rejected.
    2 fallacious, deceitful.
    3 deceiving.

    Spanish-English dictionary > marfuz

См. также в других словарях:

  • Fallacious — Fal*la cious, a. [L. fallaciosus, fr. fallacia: cf. F. fallacieux. See {Fallacy}.] Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; illogical; fitted to deceive; misleading; delusive; as, fallacious arguments or reasoning. {Fal*la cious*ly}, adv. {Fal*la… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fallacious — [fə lā′shəs] adj. [L fallaciosus] 1. containing a fallacy; erroneous [fallacious reasoning] 2. a) misleading or deceptive b) causing disappointment; delusive fallaciously adv. fallaciousness n …   English World dictionary

  • fallacious — I adjective abounding in error, beguiling, contrary to fact, deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, delusive, delusory, devoid of truth, distorted, erroneous, fallax, false, faultful, faulty, faulty in logic, fraudulent, groundless, guileful, illusive …   Law dictionary

  • fallacious — c.1500, from FALLACY (Cf. fallacy) (L. fallacia) + OUS (Cf. ous). Related: Fallaciously; fallaciousness …   Etymology dictionary

  • fallacious — sophistical, casuistical (see under FALLACY) Analogous words: irrational, unreasonable: *misleading, deceptive, delusive, delusory: equivocal, ambiguous (see OBSCURE) Antonyms: sound, valid …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • fallacious — [adj] false, wrong beguiling, deceiving, deceptive, deluding, delusive, delusory, erroneous, fictitious, fishy*, fraudulent, illogical, illusory, incorrect, invalid, irrational, mad, misleading, mistaken, off*, phony, reasonless, sophistic,… …   New thesaurus

  • fallacious — fallaciously, adv. fallaciousness, n. /feuh lay sheuhs/, adj. 1. containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments. 2. deceptive; misleading: fallacious testimony. 3. disappointing; delusive: a fallacious peace. [1500 10; < L… …   Universalium

  • fallacious — adjective 1. containing or based on a fallacy fallacious reasoning an unsound argument • Syn: ↑unsound • Similar to: ↑invalid • Derivationally related forms: ↑unsoundness …   Useful english dictionary

  • fallacious — [[t]fəle͟ɪʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If an idea, argument, or reason is fallacious, it is wrong because it is based on a fallacy. [FORMAL] Their main argument is fallacious, and their conclusions untenable. Syn: false …   English dictionary

  • fallacious — /fəˈleɪʃəs/ (say fuh layshuhs) adjective 1. deceptive: fallacious evidence. 2. containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments. –fallaciously, adverb –fallaciousness, noun …  

  • fallacious — adjective Date: 1509 1. embodying a fallacy < a fallacious conclusion > 2. tending to deceive or mislead ; delusive • fallaciously adverb • fallaciousness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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