fallacious
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fal·la·cious
(fə-lā'shəs) 
adj.
fallaciousness fal·la'cious·ness n.
adj.
- Containing or based on a fallacy: a fallacious assumption.
- Tending to mislead; deceptive: fallacious testimony.
fallaciousness fal·la'cious·ness n.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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fallacious
adjective
- Containing fundamental errors in reasoning: false, illogical, invalid, sophistic, specious, spurious, unsound. See correct/incorrect, true/false.
- Containing an error or errors: erroneous, false, inaccurate, incorrect, mistaken, off, unsound, untrue, wrong. Idioms: all wet, in error, off base, offwide ofthe mark. See correct/incorrect.
- Tending to lead one into error: deceptive, delusive, delusory, illusive, illusory, misleading. See honest/dishonest, real/imaginary.
Antonyms by Answers.com:
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fallacious
adj
Definition: false, wrong
Antonyms: correct, real, true, truthful
Word Tutor:
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fallacious
IN BRIEF: Based on incorrect or misleading information.
The great enemies of intellectual life are superstition, gullibility, and fallacious reasoning.
— Edward O. Sisson
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