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By studying the suffix of "fallacy,” a reader can conclude it means

“someone who does something false.”
“the state of being false.”
“having the misfortune of being false.”

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“the state of being false.”

The suffix -acy (as in accuracy, privacy, obstinacy) denotes a state or quality. So fallacy = the state/quality of being false or deceptive, not a person who does something false or a misfortune.