English-Italian translations for fallacy

• fallacia
  E’ ormai inevitabile un dibattito pubblico sostenuto dai rappresentanti eletti per mostrare la fallacia di questa logica. A public debate, relayed by elected representatives, to show the fallacy of this way of thinking is now unavoidable.

Definition of fallacy

• 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

Related words

• logical fallacy
• genetic fallacy
• naive fallacy