Meaning
fallacious, misleading
- Deceptive, misleading, or based on faulty reasoning.
In a sentence
La tesi del relatore poggia su una premessa logica del tutto fallace.
The speaker's thesis rests on an entirely fallacious logical premise.
Non dobbiamo lasciarci ingannare da promesse fallaci e prive di fondamento.
We must not let ourselves be deceived by misleading, groundless promises.
Quel dato statistico si è rivelato fallace una volta verificata la fonte.
That statistical figure proved misleading once the source was verified.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| fallace | masculine · singular |
| fallace | feminine · singular |
| fallaci | masculine · plural |
| fallaci | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Formal: elevated register, common in intellectual, legal, or literary discourse.
- Takes the ending -i for both masculine and feminine plurals.