Sophism
11sophism — noun A flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive. An intentional fallacy. See Also: sophist, sophistic, sophisticate, sophisticated, sophistry …
12sophism — Synonyms and related words: apparent soundness, argument, argument by analogy, argumentum ad baculum, argumentum ad captandum, argumentum ad hominem, bad case, begging the question, casuistry, circular argument, circularity, claptrap, crowd… …
13sophism — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fallacy, sophistry, fallacious argument, absurdity; see deception 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Plausible but invalid reasoning: casuistry, fallacy, sophistry, speciousness, spuriousness. See CORRECT, TRUE …
14sophism — soph·ism || sÉ‘fɪzÉ™m / sÉ’f n. fallacy, error in reasoning, misconception; deceptive argument …
15Sophism — in Ancient Greece, the teaching of rhetoric and persuasion; in modern times, a deceptive argument not based on logic …
16sophism — [ sɒfɪz(ə)m] noun a fallacious argument, especially one used to deceive. Origin ME: from OFr. sophime, via L. from Gk sophisma clever device , from sophizesthai (see sophist) …
17sophism — n. Fallacy, paralogism, paralogy, quibble, fallacious argument, specious argument …
18sophism — n See sophistry …
19sophism — soph·ism …
20sophism — Софизм …
