sophistry
11sophistry — 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,… …
12sophistry — noun 1) to claim this is pure sophistry Syn: specious reasoning, fallacy, sophism, casuistry 2) a speech full of sophistries Syn: fallacious argument, sophism, fallacy; Logic paralogism …
13sophistry — noun Date: 14th century 1. subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation 2. sophism 1 …
14sophistry — /sof euh stree/, n., pl. sophistries. 1. a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning. 2. a false argument; sophism. [1300 50; ME sophistrie < MF, equiv. to sophistre SOPHISTER + ie Y3] * * * …
15sophistry — noun /ˈsɒf.ɪ.stri,ˈsɑː.fɪ.stri/ a) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so. b) The art of using deceptive speech or writing. See Also: Sophia …
16sophistry — 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… …
17sophistry — soph|is|try [ safıstri ] noun count or uncount FORMAL arguments or explanations that seem clever and correct but are really false and used for tricking people …
18sophistry — soph·ist·ry || sÉ‘fɪstrɪ / sÉ’f n. fallacy, error in reasoning, misconception; deceptive argument …
19sophistry — [ sɒfɪstri] noun (plural sophistries) the use of fallacious arguments, especially to deceive someone. ↘a fallacious argument …
20sophistry — n. Paralogy, paralogism, fallacy, shift, cavil, chicane, trick, quibble, fetch, stratagem, false logic, fallacious reasoning, inconclusive reasoning, reasoning in a circle …
