All 3 Uses of
fallacious
in
David Copperfield
- We have turned our attention to that experiment, on the suggestion of my family, and we find it fallacious.'†
Chpt 28-30
- This was small consolation, but Miss Mills wouldn't encourage fallacious hopes.
Chpt 37-39 *fallacious = mistaken (based on incorrect information or belief)
- 'Madam,' returned Mr. Micawber, 'it was the dream of my youth, and the fallacious aspiration of my riper years.'†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
-
(fallacious) not correct
- typically describing something as mistaken due to incorrect information or belief
- sometimes describing something as an intentional lie