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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misprint |
| Synonyms: | error, mistake, typo |
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| Main Entry: | fallacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illusion, misconception |
| Synonyms: | aberration, ambiguity, artifice, bias, casuistry, cavil, deceit, deception, deceptiveness, delusion, deviation, elusion, equivocation, erratum, erroneousness, error, evasion, falsehood, faultiness, flaw, heresy, illogicality, inconsistency, inexactness, invalidity, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconstrual, misinterpretation, mistake, non sequitur, notion, paradox, perversion, preconception, prejudice, quibbling, quirk, solecism, sophism, sophistry, speciousness, subterfuge, untruth |
| Antonyms: | certainty, evidence, fact, honesty, reality, right, surety, truth |
| Main Entry: | inaccuracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | error, erroneousness |
| Synonyms: | blunder, corrigendum, deception, defect, erratum, exaggeration, fault, howler, imprecision, incorrectness, inexactness, miscalculation, mistake, slip*, solecism, typo, unfaithfulness, unreliability, wrong |
| Antonyms: | accuracy, correctness, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mistake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | error, misunderstanding |
| Synonyms: | aberration, blooper, blunder, boo-boo, bungle, confusion, delusion, erratum, false move, false step, fault, faux pas, flub, fluff, gaffe, illusion, inaccuracy, inadvertence, lapse, misapplication, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconception, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misprint, misstatement, misstep, muddle, neglect, omission, overestimation, oversight, slight, slip, slip of tongue, slipup, snafu, solecism, trip*, typographical error, underestimation |
| Antonyms: | accuracy, calculation, certainty, correction, correctness, proof, success, truth, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | typographical error |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mistake in printing |
| Synonyms: | clerical error, erratum, misprint, mistake in typing, printer's error, typing mistake, typist's error, typo |
| Main Entry: | speciousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fallacy |
| Synonyms: | aberration, ambiguity, artifice, bias, casuistry, cavil, deceit, deception, deceptiveness, delusion, deviation, elusion, equivocation, erratum, erroneousness, error, evasion, falsehood, faultiness, flaw, heresy, illogicality, inconsistency, inexactness, invalidity, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconstrual, misinterpretation, mistake, non sequitur, notion, paradox, perversion, preconception, prejudice, quibbling, quirk, solecism, sophism, sophistry, spuriousness, subterfuge, untruth |
| Main Entry: | spuriousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fallacy |
| Synonyms: | aberration, ambiguity, artifice, bias, casuistry, cavil, deceit, deception, deceptiveness, delusion, deviation, elusion, equivocation, erratum, erroneousness, error, evasion, falsehood, faultiness, flaw, heresy, illogicality, inconsistency, inexactness, invalidity, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconstrual, misinterpretation, mistake, non sequitur, notion, paradox, perversion, preconception, prejudice, quibbling, quirk, solecism, sophism, sophistry, speciousness, subterfuge, untruth |
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| Main Entry: | error |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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aberrant, all in the wrong, apocryphal, astray, at cross, controvertible, deceitful, delusive, devoid of truth, erroneous, exploded, fallacious, false, faulty, groundless, heretical, ideal, illogical, illusive, illusory, in error, in the wrong box, inaccurate, incorrect, indefinite, inexact, mistaken, mock, on a false scent, on the wrong scent, out, out in one's reckoning, perverted, refuted, spurious, tripping, unauthenticated, under an error, unexact, ungrounded, unreal, unsound, unsubstantial, unsustainable, untrue, untrustworthy, wide of the mark
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| Concept: | Error. |
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-nouns
error, fallacy; misconception, misapprehension, misstanding, misunderstanding; inexactness; laxity; misconstruction (misinterpreptation); miscomputation (misjudgment); non sequitur; misstatement, misreport; mumpsimus., mistake; miss, fault, blunder, quiproquo, cross purposes, oversight, misprint, erratum, corrigendum, slip, blot, flaw, loose thread; trip, stumble (failure); botchery (want of skill); slip of the tongue, slip of the pen; lapsus linguae, clerical error; bull (absurdity); haplography., illusion, delusion; false impression, false idea; bubble; self-deceit, self-deception; mists of error., heresy (heterodoxy); hallucination (insanity); false light (fallacy of vision); dream (fancy); fable (untruth); bias (misjudgment); misleading
-verbs
be erroneous, cause error; mislead, misguide; lead astray, lead into error; beguile, misinform (misteach); delude; give a false impression, give a false idea; falsify, misstate; deceive; lie., err; be in error, be mistaken; be deceived (duped); mistake, receive a false impression, deceive oneself; fall into error, lie under error, labor under an error; be in the wrong, blunder; goof, screw up; misapprehend, misconceive, misunderstand, misreckon, miscount, miscalculate (misjudge) [more]., play at cross purposes, be at cross purposes (misinterpret) [more]., trip, stumble; lose oneself (uncertainty); go astray; fail; be in the wrong box; take the wrong sow by the ear (mismanage); put the saddle on the wrong horse; reckon without one's host; take the shadow for the substance (credulity); dream (imagine).
-adjectives
erroneous, untrue, false, devoid of truth, fallacious, apocryphal, unreal, ungrounded, groundless; unsubstantial; heretical (heterodox); unsound; illogical., inexact, unexact, inaccurate, incorrect; indefinite (uncertain)., illusive, illusory; delusive; mock, ideal (imaginary); spurious; deceitful; perverted.
-adverbs
more or less.
-phrases
errare est humanum; mentis gratissimus error [Horace]; "on the dubious waves of error tost" [Cowper]; "to err is human, to forgive divine" [Pope]; "you lie
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| Antonyms: | truth |
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