By studying the suffix of “fallacy,” a reader can conclude it means “without being false.” “someone who does something false.” “the state of being false.” “having the quality of being false.”

By studying the suffix of "fallacy," a reader can conclude it means “the state of being false.”

The suffix -cy indicates that the word is a noun, hence the meaning should be  related to a concrete or abstract thing. The only option provided that can be considered as an abstract idea is "the state of being false".

Accordin to the dictionary, the noun fallacy is defined as an idea that a lot of people think is true but is in fact false.

“the state of being false.”

Explanation:

Fallacy comes from the Latin Fallacia, which means to deception, deceit. The suffix used is cy. This end is indicating that the word is a noun, just like in irritancy. So it means to be false or deceiving somehow. Not an act, though, since it's a noun, so it must be a state.

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when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american identity  has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature."