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fallacy

/ˈfæl.ə.si/ noun C2
  1. Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
  2. An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a specious argument.

Plural fallacies

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When I said that you stimulated me I meant, to be frank, that in noting your fallacies I was occasionally guided towards the truth.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 3 · C1

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