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Noun
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The whole debate is so fundamentally backwards and upside down, it's based on a fallacy.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025 -
Its villains are cardboard cutouts, its heroes are unappealing and each scene is laced with logical fallacies.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In another case, Balmer pleaded guilty in 2016 to forgery and theft by deception charges, court documents show.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
14 Apr. 2025
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Imposter syndrome is an internal struggle with feeling like a fraud despite being qualified, whereas career catfishing is an active deception.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Many of the most outrageous falsehoods were aimed at Bolsonaro’s opponent, Fernando Haddad.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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In everything from politics to health, falsehoods propagated across social media cause immense harm.—
David Robert Grimes,
Scientific American,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Researchers noted the positive effects of ecstatic epilepsy and synthesized fifty-three theoretical models of delusion.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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Some might suggest that these delusions of grandeur are designed to tranquilize the nervous masses; regardless, the public obviously craves them.—
Lauren Stienstra,
Time,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Speciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speciousness. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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