paralogism
51solecism — Synonyms and related words: Irish bull, anachronism, anacoluthon, antiphrasis, argument, argument by analogy, argumentum ad baculum, argumentum ad captandum, argumentum ad hominem, bad case, barbarism, begging the question, bloomer, blooper,… …
52sophism — 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… …
53sophistry — Synonyms and related words: Italian hand, acuteness, aesthetics, ambiguity, argument, argument by analogy, argumentum ad baculum, argumentum ad captandum, argumentum ad hominem, art, artfulness, artifice, astuteness, axiology, bad case, begging… …
54syllogism — Synonyms and related words: Aristotelian sorites, Baconian method, Goclenian sorites, a fortiori reasoning, a posteriori reasoning, a priori reasoning, analysis, categorical syllogism, deduction, deductive reasoning, dilemma, enthymeme, epagoge,… …
55weak point — Synonyms and related words: argument, argument by analogy, argumentum ad baculum, argumentum ad captandum, argumentum ad hominem, assailability, bad case, bad habit, begging the question, besetting sin, blemish, bug, catch, chink, circular… …
56sophistry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sophism; false or specious reasoning; casuistry; fallaciousness, paralogism; shift, subterfuge, equivocation; absurdity, inconsistency; hair splitting. See falsehood. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sophism,… …
57Intuition — (Roget s Thesaurus) Sophistry >The absence of reasoning. >. False or vicious reasoning PARAG:Intuition >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,476,} intuition instinct association Sgm: N 1 presentiment presentiment Sgm: N 1 rule of thumb rule… …
58elench — n. (Log.) 1. Elenchus, refutatory syllogism, syllogism forcing contradiction (upon the oppenent). 2. (Rare.) Sophism, paralogism, fallacy, specious argument …
59fallacy — n. 1. Illusion, deception, deceit, delusion, mistake, error, misconception, misapprehension. 2. Sophism, paralogism, sophistry, deceitful or worthless argument …
60sophism — n. Fallacy, paralogism, paralogy, quibble, fallacious argument, specious argument …
