obvious fallacy

collocation in English

meaningsofobviousandfallacy

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obvious
adjective
uk
/ˈɒb.vi.əs/us
/ˈɑːb.vi.əs/
easy to see, recognize, ...
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fallacy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfæl.ə.si/us
/ˈfæl.ə.si/
an idea that a lot of people think is true but is in ...
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(Definition ofobviousandfallacyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofobvious fallacy

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I suggest that the whole of this discussion has proceeded on thisobviousfallacy.
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Theobviousfallacyof such a scheme to secure sobriety is quite evident.
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The first and mostobviousfallacyis their belief that even if inflation is brought down to single figures it can be kept there.
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That is oneobviousfallacy.
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That is anobviousfallacy.
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There is anobviousfallacyin such an argument, because the grey seal is a purely coastal animal and never travels far from its breeding place at any time.
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The question is anobviousfallacysince genes are incapable of thought.
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Mill's 'proof ' is debated as an instance of obvious fallacies, or as a mistaken instance of these fallacies.
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He needed to be in order to try to cover over some of the obvious fallacies in his speech.
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Some are based upon such obvious fallacies that they hardly deserve serious consideration.
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They claim that the stonemason origin theory was wrong because it had so many obvious fallacies.
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