Usually means: Logical error in argument structure.
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  1. formal fallacy: Merriam-Webster
  2. formal fallacy: Wiktionary
  3. Formal fallacy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. formal fallacy: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

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Definitions from Wiktionary (formal fallacy)

noun:  (logic) A pattern of reasoning which is always wrong, due to a flaw in the structure of the argument.

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