| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| paralogism |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pa·ral·o·gism |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p -r l -j z m |
| NOUN: | A fallacious or illogical argument or conclusion. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin paralogismus, from Greek paralogismos, from paralogos, unreasonable : para-, beyond; see para–1 + logos, reason; see leg- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | pa·ralo·gist —NOUN
pa·ralo·gistic —ADJECTIVE
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