malreasoning

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noun

Faulty reasoning.

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Meanings

nounmalreasoning (uncountable)
  1. uncountableFaulty 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
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    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

From mal- + reasoning.

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APA

malreasoning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malreasoning

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“malreasoning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malreasoning. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “malreasoning,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malreasoning.

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