pseudologic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
False logic. A logical argument that deliberately omits an outcome so that a false conclusion is reached.
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English logic English pseudologic From pseudo- (“false”) + logic.
Usage
Inflected Forms
pseudologics (plural)
pseudo-logic (alternative)