English words for 'plural of logic fallacy'
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noun
- (logic) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
- The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.
- intentionally vague or ambiguous
- a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
- falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
noun
- (logic) One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.
- (historical) A type of loaded die.
- The opposite.
- a relation of direct opposition
- exact opposition
- a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false
adj
- Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
- Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
- Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false
- very opposed in nature or character or purpose
- in an opposing direction
adv
noun
adj
- (logic) Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.
- Compatible, accordant.
- Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
- the same throughout in structure or composition
- marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
- (sometimes followed by ‘with’) in agreement or consistent or reliable
- capable of being reproduced
noun
noun
noun
- (logic) A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.
- A situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one.
- one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first
- an argument that assumes that which is to be proved
noun
- (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
- A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.
- (uncountable) The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.
- A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.
- A person or thing having contradictory properties.
- A thing involving contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time.
- (uncountable, philosophy) A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.
- An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth.
- An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
- (countable, uncountable, psychotherapy) The practice of giving instructions that are opposed to the therapist's actual intent, with the intention that the client will disobey or be unable to obey.
noun
- (logic) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
- The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.
- intentionally vague or ambiguous
- a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
- falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
noun
- (logic) One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.
- (historical) A type of loaded die.
- The opposite.
- a relation of direct opposition
- exact opposition
- a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false
adj
- Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
- Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
- Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false
- very opposed in nature or character or purpose
- in an opposing direction
adv
noun
noun
noun
- (logic) A fallacy in which the premise is used to prove a conclusion which is then used to prove the premise.
- A situation in which the response to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve the original one.
- one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first
- an argument that assumes that which is to be proved
noun
- (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
- A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.
- (uncountable) The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.
- A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.
- A person or thing having contradictory properties.
- A thing involving contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time.
- (uncountable, philosophy) A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.
- An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth.
- An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
- (countable, uncountable, psychotherapy) The practice of giving instructions that are opposed to the therapist's actual intent, with the intention that the client will disobey or be unable to obey.
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adj
- (logic) Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.
- Compatible, accordant.
- Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
- the same throughout in structure or composition
- marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
- (sometimes followed by ‘with’) in agreement or consistent or reliable
- capable of being reproduced