sophistry

  • 51casuistry — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sophistry, delusion, evasion; see fallacy 1 , lie 1 , trick 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Plausible but invalid reasoning: fallacy, sophism, sophistry, speciousness, spuriousness. See CORRECT, TRUE …

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  • 52sophism — 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 …

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  • 53Imbecility — (Roget s Thesaurus) Folly. < N PARAG:Imbecility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 want of intelligence want of intelligence &c. 498 want of intellect &c. 450 Sgm: N 1 shadowness shadowness silliness foolishness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 imbecility… …

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  • 54Misteaching — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Misteaching >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 misteaching misteaching misinformaton misintelligence misguidance misdirection mispersuasion misinstruction misleading &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 perversion perversion false teaching …

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  • 55sophisticate — [14] As those who hanker for the ancestral meanings of words never tire of pointing out, sophisticated originally meant ‘adulterated, corrupted’. The modern approbatory sense ‘worldly wise, cultured’ did not emerge (via an intermediate ‘lacking… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 56exaggeration — exaggeration, overstatement, hyperbole all mean an overstepping of the bounds of truth, especially in describing the goodness or badness or the greatness or the smallness of something. Exaggeration does not always or even often imply dishonesty… …

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  • 57sophistic — so•phis•tic [[t]səˈfɪs tɪk[/t]] adj. 1) pho of, pertaining to, or characteristic of sophistry, sophists, or the ancient Greek Sophists 2) pho of the nature of sophistry; fallacious • Etymology: 1540–50 so•phis′ti•cal•ly, adv …

    From formal English to slang

  • 58σοφιστεία — σοφιστείᾱ , σοφιστεία sophistry fem nom/voc/acc dual σοφιστείᾱ , σοφιστεία sophistry fem nom/voc sg (attic doric aeolic) …

    Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • 59σοφιστείας — σοφιστείᾱς , σοφιστεία sophistry fem acc pl σοφιστείᾱς , σοφιστεία sophistry fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic) …

    Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • 60sophisticate — [14] As those who hanker for the ancestral meanings of words never tire of pointing out, sophisticated originally meant ‘adulterated, corrupted’. The modern approbatory sense ‘worldly wise, cultured’ did not emerge (via an intermediate ‘lacking… …

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