Definition of Paralogy

1. n. False reasoning; paralogism.

Definition of Paralogy

1. Noun. (logic) paralogism ¹

2. Noun. (biology) A paralogous relationship ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paralogy

1. false reasoning [n PARALOGIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paralogy

paralogia
paralogical
paralogies
paralogism
paralogisms
paralogize
paralogized
paralogizes
paralogizing
paralogon
paralogons
paralogous
paralogs
paralogue
paralogues
paralogy (current term)
paralstonite
paraluteal cell
paralutein cell
paralysable
paralysant
paralysants
paralysation
paralyse
paralysed
paralyser
paralysers
paralyses
paralysing
paralysingly

Literary usage of Paralogy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Putnam's Word Book: A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of by Louis Andrew Flemming (1919)
"... a. fuliginous, soot-covered. sophism, n. fallacy, paralogy, fallacious reasoning. sophistical, a. fallacious, unsound. sophistry, n; fallacy, paralogy, ..."

2. The Divine Drama of History and Civilisation by James Elishama Smith (1854)
"There is no paralogy or wildness in it except in so far as it substitutes Mary, the typical representative of the feminine principle in God, for the Eternal ..."

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