[ourplace] paralogize Word of the Day

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  • Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2017 05:21:36 -0800

Dictionary.com Word Of The Day
Feb. 06, 2017
paralogize\puh-RAL-uh-jahyz\verb
1. to draw conclusions that do not follow logically from a given set of
assumptions.
Quotes"A brick," he retorted, "is a parallelogram; I am not a
parallelogram, and therefore not a brick ..." "Charley Lightheart, you
paralogize."
-- Stewart Edward White and Samuel Hopkins Adams, The Mystery, 1907
  Origin of paralogizeParalogize entered English from Medieval Latin
paralogizāre, from Greek paralogízesthaimeaning â€œto reason
falsely.” It's been used in English since the late 1500s.More From
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