fallacy

About 2.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

false belief illusion deception delusion deceit falsehood aberration misunderstanding error misapprehension

Often followed by

of in is that to and which has as

Word family

fallacies