paralogism

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French paralogisme, form Late Latin paralogismus, from Ancient Greek παραλογισμός (paralogismós).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈɹaləd͡ʒɪzəm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pəˈɹæləd͡ʒɪzəm/

Noun

paralogism (plural paralogisms)

1. A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical.
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.ii:

     Which is a Paralogism not admittible; a fallacy that dwels not in a cloud, and needs not the Sun to scatter it.

Translations

a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion

• Bulgarian: неправилно заключение (nepravilno zaključenie)
• Czech: paralogismus m
• Dutch: denkfout (nl) f
• Esperanto: paralogismo (eo)
• Finnish: virhepäätelmä (fi), paralogismi
• French: paralogisme (fr) m, paralogie (fr) f
• German: Paralogismus m
• Ido: paralogismo (io)
• Irish: claonloighic f
• Italian: paralogismo m, cavillo (it) m, sofisma (it) m, scappatoia (it) f
• Polish: paralogizm m
• Portuguese: paralogismo m
• Russian: паралоги́зм (ru) m (paralogízm), непра́вильное умозаключе́ние n (neprávilʹnoje umozaključénije)
• Tagalog: sinsaymatwiran

See also

• syllogism

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French paralogisme.

Noun

paralogism n (plural paralogisme)

1. paralogism

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	paralogism	paralogismul		paralogisme	paralogismele
genitive-dative	paralogism	paralogismului		paralogisme	paralogismelor
vocative	paralogismule			paralogismelor