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etymological fallacies

etymological fallacies is the plural of etymological fallacy.

Meaning of etymological fallacy

Noun

etymological fallacy (plural etymological fallacies)

  1. The argument that a word is defined solely by its etymology and that its customary usage can therefore be incorrect.

Questions about etymological fallacies

What is etymological fallacies the plural of?
Etymological fallacies is the plural of etymological fallacy.

Words near etymological fallacies in the dictionary

  1. etymologers
  2. etymologic
  3. etymological
  4. etymological argument
  5. etymological arguments
  6. etymological fallacies
  7. etymological fallacy
  8. etymological hybrid
  9. etymological hybrids
  10. etymologically
  11. etymologick

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