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Definition
not correct
- typically describing something as mistaken due to incorrect information or belief
- sometimes describing something as an intentional lie
- This was small consolation, but Miss Mills wouldn't encourage fallacious hopes.Chapters 37-39 (43% in)
fallacious = mistaken (based on incorrect information or belief)
- We have turned our attention to that experiment, on the suggestion of my family, and we find it fallacious.'Chapters 28-30 (22% in)
- 'Madam,' returned Mr. Micawber, 'it was the dream of my youth, and the fallacious aspiration of my riper years.'Chapters 52-54 (51% in)
There are no more uses of "fallacious" in David Copperfield.
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