fallacy

Definitions


[ˈfaləsi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments
(e.g: the notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘deception, guile’; gradually superseding Middle English fallace): from Latin fallacia, from fallax, fallac- ‘deceiving’, from fallere ‘deceive’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries