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noun (fallac, ies)
  1. Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.
  2. An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not.
Translations: 
  • German: Trugschluss
  • Italian: fallacia
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: falacia
    (trans-bottom)
Etymology: From fallatia.

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