false
not true
Root
- fallac / fallax: deceptive, misleading, or false-seeming
Other words with the fallac / fallax root
- fallacious: misleading or based on false reasoning
- fallaciously: in a misleading or logically false way
- fallacy: a mistaken or misleading argument
- fallible: capable of making mistakes
False is the familiar doorway into misleading and deceptive reasoning.
The false claim survived because it sounded precise.