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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a fallacious diagnosis" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a diagnosis that is based on false reasoning or incorrect information.
Example: "The doctor later realized that the initial assessment was a fallacious diagnosis, leading to unnecessary treatments."
Alternatives: "an erroneous diagnosis" or "a misleading diagnosis."
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In a nutshell, the European Commission and the centre-Right majority of EU governments have adopted a "fallacious diagnosis" that "fiscal profligacy" or excessive state spending is to blame for Europe's continuing problems in escaping from the economic mire induced in 2008-09 by the original sin of the banking crisis.
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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.
This is a fallacious argument.
And that's a fallacious assumption".
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.
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.
Then Mr. McWilliams offers a fallacious choice: either eat conventional meat with its environmental, health and ethical downsides, or give up meat entirely.
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