Fallacious vs Abnormal - What's the difference?
fallacious | abnormal | Related terms |
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
* 1899 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), A Duet , ch. 6:
Of or pertaining to that which is abnormal, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
* 1904 , (Jack London), The Sea Wolf , ch. 23:
Fallacious is a related term of abnormal.
As adjectives the difference between fallacious and abnormal
is that fallacious is characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken while abnormal is not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type .As a noun abnormal is
a person or object that is not normal.fallacious
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Usage notes
* Nouns often used with "fallacious": argument, reasoning, etc.See also
* wrong * incorrect * illogical * deceiving * deceitful * misleading * delusive * illusive * illusory * erroneous * faulty * speciousExternal links
* * *abnormal
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Alternative forms
* anormal * (obsolete) abnormousAdjective
(en adjective)- And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
- Furuseth was right; I was abnormal , an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.