HOW TO PRONOUNCE
fallacy
/ˈfæləsi/
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Stress “fal” and end with “see.”
Use the vowel of cat in the first syllable, then a lighter middle vowel. The c has an s sound, and the double l spelling does not add a separate vowel beat.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The discussion exposed a fallacy in the argument.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does fallacy mean?
noun
- Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
- An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a specious argument.
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/ˈfæləsi/
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The fallacy in this argument lies in the false supposition, that each producer is not necessarily associated with every other producer.
This animistic explanation of phenomena is a form of the fallacy which the logicians knew by the name of ignava ratio.
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No fallacy is more common with naturalists, than that the numbers of an individual species depend on its powers of propagation.
Speaking generally, the fundamental fallacy in methods of instruction lies in supposing that experience on the part of pupils may be assumed.
The second fallacy which the historical citation is a little apt to suggest is that the filiation of ideas is a simple problem.