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malreasoning

malreasoning noun: faulty reasoning.

Noun

malreasoning (uncountable)

  1. Faulty reasoning.
    • So gross a malreasoning, never entered into the head of any man with the genius of a lance-corporal.1842, Thomas Perronet Thompson, Exercises, Political and Others, volume 6, page 8
    • The essence of the objections raised by such individuals is largely of jealous derivation or is predicated upon purely economic malreasoning.1937, The Journal of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, page 41

Origin of malreasoning

From mal- + reasoning.

Questions about malreasoning

What does malreasoning mean?
Malreasoning means faulty reasoning.
What part of speech is malreasoning?
Malreasoning is a noun.

Words near malreasoning in the dictionary

  1. malproliferation
  2. malproportion
  3. malproportioned
  4. malproportions
  5. malpua
  6. malreasoning
  7. malresorptive
  8. malrotated
  9. malrotation
  10. malrotations
  11. Malrucian

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