谬论 (miù lùn) — fallacy; absurd theory | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

fallacyabsurd theory

Examples

谬论。
Tā de guān diǎn chōng mǎn le miù lùn.
His viewpoint is full of fallacies.
谬论。
Kē xué jiā bó chì le zhè zhǒng miù lùn.
Scientists refuted this absurd theory.
谬论。
Bú yào xiāng xìn nà xiē miù lùn.
Don't believe those fallacies.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

谬 means absurd, and 论 means theory, so 谬论 is a false or absurd argument.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 論; 论 is its simplified writing.

言侖論

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

侖

侖lún論lùn

Same sound today

The traditional form 論 pairs 言 (“say”) with 侖 as a sound component; the simplified 论 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

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