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Irrationality vs Fallacy - What's the difference?

irrationality | fallacy |

As nouns the difference between irrationality and fallacy

is that irrationality is the quality or state of being irrational; want of the faculty or the quality of reason; fatuity while fallacy is deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.

irrationality

English

Noun

(irrationalities)
  • The quality or state of being irrational; want of the faculty or the quality of reason; fatuity.
  • Something which is irrational or brought forth by irrational action, judgement, idea or thought.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Antonyms

    * rationality

    References

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    fallacy

    English

    (wikipedia fallacy)

    Noun

    (fallacies)
  • Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.
  • (logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not. A specious argument.

    • Derived terms

    * logical fallacy * formal fallacy * informal fallacy

    Related terms

    * fail * fallacious * fallibilist * fallibilism * fallibility * fallible

    See also

    * sophism *

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