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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a fallacious" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that is based on a mistaken belief or unsound reasoning.
Example: "The argument presented was a fallacious reasoning that failed to convince the audience."
Alternatives: "a misleading" or "an erroneous".
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As stated, this argument is clearly a fallacious employment of Leibniz' Law (what is called the masked man fallacy).
This is a fallacious measure.
And that's a fallacious assumption".
This is a fallacious argument.
It is a convincing soundbite but a fallacious argument.
He chided the company for making what he called a fallacious proposition and exaggerating its claims.
Through the (largely) peaceful exercise of people power, six countries exchanged a fallacious democratic status for a real one.
Despite the frequency with which this is repeated - from newspaper columns to saloon bar arguments - it is a fallacious argument.
It's a fallacious leap of logic that has contributed as much as anything to the industry's current crisis.
Dr Nahid Toubia argues that the term female circumcision "implies a fallacious analogy to non-mutilating male circumcision".
De Man attempted a coup at Editions de la Toison d'Or by sending a fallacious report to Berlin blaming Didier for mismanagement of the company.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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