Fallacious and Mendacious

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

Mendacious is a synonym for fallacious in deceptive topic. In some cases you can use "Mendacious" instead an adjective "Fallacious".

Mendacious

Mendacious adjective - Telling or containing lies.
Usage example: that tabloid routinely publishes the most moronically mendacious stories about celebrities

Fallacious is a synonym for mendacious in dishonest topic. You can use "Fallacious" instead an adjective "Mendacious", if it concerns topics such as deceptive, lying, untrue.

Nearby Words: mendacity, mendaciously
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