Bible Dictionaries
Fallacy

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.

(2):

(n.) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a sophism.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fallacy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/fallacy.html. 1828.