fallacy
Example Sentences
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"I think the thing young founders get wrong is they view hours worked in and of itself as necessary and sufficient to think of themselves as productive. And that's where the fallacy lies", he explains.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
The sunk-cost fallacy tempts people to pay escalating premiums because they’ve paid for so long.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025
That would be a fallacy, but Mr. Bottum didn’t commit it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
“It’s a complete fallacy and a red herring to suggest that, since the state of the emergency is over, the funding should end, too.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025
Doing so is sometimes termed the “broad base” fallacy, and we’ve already cited a couple of instances of it.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.