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81Fallacies — Fallacy Fal la*cy (f[a^]l l[.a]*s[y^]), n.; pl. {Fallacies} (f[a^]l l[.a]*s[i^]z). [OE. fallace, fallas, deception, F. fallace, fr. L. fallacia, fr. fallax deceitful, deceptive, fr. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}.] 1. Deceptive or false… …
82Fallacy — Fal la*cy (f[a^]l l[.a]*s[y^]), n.; pl. {Fallacies} (f[a^]l l[.a]*s[i^]z). [OE. fallace, fallas, deception, F. fallace, fr. L. fallacia, fr. fallax deceitful, deceptive, fr. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}.] 1. Deceptive or false appearance;… …
83Q.E.D. — This article is about the Latin phrase. For other uses, see QED (disambiguation). Q.E.D. is an initialism of the Latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum, which translates as which was to be demonstrated . The phrase is traditionally placed in its… …
84Negative liberty — Part of a series on Freedom Concepts …
85Lumbee — Infobox Ethnic group group = Lumbee pop = 53,000Fact|date=August 2008 regions = flagcountry|United States region1 = flagicon|North Carolina North Carolina pop1 = region2 = flagicon|Virginia Virginia pop2 = langs = English rels = related =The… …
86The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… …
87TM-Sidhi program — The TM Sidhi program is a form of meditation introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1975. It is based on, and described as a natural extension of the Transcendental Meditation technique (TM).[1][2] The purpose of the TM Sidhi program is to… …
88St. Justin Martyr — St. Justin Martyr † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Justin Martyr Christian apologist, born at Flavia Neapolis, about A.D. 100, converted to Christianity about A.D. 130, taught and defended the Christian religion in Asia Minor and at Rome …
89Opposition to the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) — Foreign troops forcibly breaking into an Afghan home to conduct a house search, with a woman and child in the background. Opposition to the decade long Afghanistan war stems from numerous factors these include the view that the U.S. invasion of… …
90sophistry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sophism; false or specious reasoning; casuistry; fallaciousness, paralogism; shift, subterfuge, equivocation; absurdity, inconsistency; hair splitting. See falsehood. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sophism,… …
