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Definition: Paralogism |
ParalogismNoun1. An unintentionally invalid argument. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "paralogism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
Etymology: Paralogism \Pa*ral"o*gism\, noun. [from Greek expression, from to reason falsely; beside to reason, discourse, reason: compare to the French expression paralogisme.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Reasoning, | Sophism, solecism, paralogism; quibble, quirk, elenchus, elench, fallacy, quodlibet, subterfuge, subtlety, quillet; inconsistency, antilogy; "a delusion, a mockery, and a snare"; claptrap, cant, mere words; "lame and impotent conclusion". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Paralogism |
| English words defined with "paralogism": Paralogical, Paralogy. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Paralogism" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (paralogism). |
| Language | Translations for "paralogism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | konkluzion i zhdrejtë. (various references) | |
Arabic | مغالطة (fallacy, sophism, sophistry). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | нелогично умозаключение, неправилно умозаключение, паралогизъм. (various references) | |
Danish | paralogisme. (various references) | |
Dutch | paralogisme. (various references) | |
French | paralogisme (paralogia, paralogy). (various references) | |
German | Paralogismus. (various references) | |
Greek | παραλογισμόσ (aberration, absurdity, absurdness, irrationality, mental aberration, nonsense, preposterousness, senselessness, unreasonableness), παραλογισμός (paralogia, paralogy). (various references) | |
Hungarian | téves következtetés (fallacy). (various references) | |
Italian | paralogismo. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aralogismpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | paralogismo (paralogize), paralelograma. (various references) | |
Romanian | paralogism, raţionament fals. (various references) | |
Russian | паралогизм. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pogrešan zaključak (non sequitur), paralogizam. (various references) | |
Spanish | paralogismo. (various references) | |
Turkish | paralojizm, yanılgı (delusion, error, mistake), mantıksızlık (absurdity, fallacy, illogicality, inconsequence, irrationality, opacity, the irrational, unreason). (various references) | |
Ukranian | паралогізм. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "paralogism": paralogisms. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "paralogism" (pronounced 'Pa*ral"o*gism'): Analogism, Boulangism, Dialogism, Epilogism, Episyllogism, Geophagism, Hippophagism, Neologism, Paneulogism, Priggism, Prosylogism, Savagism, syllogism, synergism, Whiggism, Yogism. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g-i-l-m-o-p-r-s" | |
-2 letters: algorism, mariposa. | |
-3 letters: argalis, girasol, glamors, gliomas, glorias, impalas, isogram, lipomas, magilps, oralism, paramos, parasol, solaria. | |
-4 letters: agoras, agrias, alamos, alarms, algors, amigas, amigos, amoral, argali, argals, argils, argols, aromas, galops, glairs, glamor, glioma, gloams, gloria, gorals, graals, grails, gramas, gramps, imagos, impala, lamias, lampas, largos, limpas, lipoma, magilp, malars, milpas, molars, morals, ogrism, orgasm, palais, palmar, paramo, pargos, parols, plasma, polars, porism, praams, primal, primas, primos, sailor, salami, spiral, sporal. | |
-5 letters: agars, agios, agism, agmas, agora, agria, alamo, alarm, algas, algor, alias, almas, amias, amiga, amigo, amirs, argal, argil, argol, arias, arils, aroma, galas, galop, gamas, gamps, gaols, gimps, girls, giros, gismo, glair, glias, glims, gloam, gloms, glops, goals, goral, gorps, graal, grail, grama, gramp, grams, grasp, grips, imago, laari, lairs, lamas, lamia, lamps, lapis, largo, laris, liars, limas, limos, limpa, limps, liras, loams, logia, loris, maars, mails, mairs, malar, maria, marls, milos, milpa, moils, moira, molar, molas, moral, moras, ogams, omasa, opals, orals, pails, pairs, paisa, palms, paras, pargo, paris, parol, pilar, pimas, pirog, plasm, polar, polis, praam, prams, praos, prigs, prima, primo, prims, prism, proas, progs, proms, psalm, psoai, ragas, ragis, raias, rails, ramps, rials, roams, roils, romps, saiga, salmi, salpa, sapor, sigma, simar, solar, spail, spoil, sprag, sprig. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-g-i-l-m-o-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: paralogisms. | |
+4 letters: cosmographical, ergastoplasmic, pharmacologies, pharmacologist, spermatogonial. | |
+5 letters: lymphangiograms, metallographies, pharmacologists. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 72 61 6C 6F 67 69 73 6D |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-. .- .-.. --- --. .. ... -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110010 01100001 01101100 01101111 01100111 01101001 01110011 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a r a l o g i s m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0072 0061 006C 006F 0067 0069 0073 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50678467788173758579 |
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