sophistry

soph·is·try  (sf-str)

n. pl. soph·is·tries

1. Plausible but fallacious argumentation.

2. A plausible but misleading or fallacious argument.

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sophistry

Noun

1. the practice of using arguments which seem clever but are actually false and misleading

2. pl -ries an instance of this

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sophistry

1. the teachings and ways of teaching of the ancient Greek sophists.
2. subtle, superficially plausible, but actually specious or fallacious reasoning, as was sometimes used by the sophists.

See also: Philosophy

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1. the teachings and ways of teaching of the Greek sophists.
2. specious or fallacious reasoning, as was sometimes used by the sophists.

See also: Argumentation, Learning, Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices

Thesaurus

Noun

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sophistry - a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone sophism, sophistication fallacy, false belief - a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning