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Unfounded vs Fallacious - What's the difference?

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Unfounded is a related term of fallacious.


As adjectives the difference between unfounded and fallacious

is that unfounded is having no strong foundation; not based on solid reasons or facts while fallacious is characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.

unfounded

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having no strong foundation; not based on solid reasons or facts.
  • Not having been founded or instituted.
  • * 1980 , Helen Louise Gardner, ?John Carey, English Renaissance studies (page 268)
    • Even the great world as yet undiscovered, the cities as yet unfounded , and the history as yet unwritten, are lost: fallen from the beginning.

    Synonyms

    * (not based on solid reasons or facts) baseless, groundless, ungrounded

    fallacious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.
  • Deceptive or misleading.

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns often used with "fallacious": argument, reasoning, etc.

    See also

    * wrong * incorrect * illogical * deceiving * deceitful * misleading * delusive * illusive * illusory * erroneous * faulty * specious

    Related terms

    * fail * failure * fallacy * fallibilism * fallibilist * fallibility * fallible * false * falsifiable * falsification * falsificator * falsifier * falsify * falsity

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