Fallacious
Fallacious adjective - Tending or having power to deceive.
Usage example: consumers who harbor the fallacious belief that credit-card spending will never catch up with them
Insidious and fallacious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Insidious" instead an adjective "Fallacious".
Insidious
Insidious adjective - Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way.
Fallacious and insidious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fallacious" instead an adjective "Insidious".
Nearby Word: insidiously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- dishonest and fallacious
- dishonest and insidious
- bad and fallacious
- bad and insidious
- false and fallacious
- false and insidious
- fraudulent and fallacious
- fraudulent and insidious
- beguiling and fallacious
- beguiling and insidious
- deceptive and fallacious
- deceptive and insidious
- hypocritical and fallacious
- hypocritical and insidious
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