Sophistry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Plausible but fallacious argumentation.
  • n. A plausible but misleading or fallacious argument.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so.
  • n. The art of using deceptive speech or writing.
  • n. Cunning or trickery.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The art or process of reasoning; logic.
  • n. The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The methods of teaching, doctrines, or practices of the Greek sophists.
  • n. Fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only; especially, reasoning deceptive from intention or passion.
  • n. Argument for exercise merely.
  • n. Trickery; craft.
  • n. Synonyms See def. 2 of fallacy.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    false belief    fallacy   
    Cross Reference
    rhetoric    demagogy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fallacy    logic    prevarication    reasoning   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    subterfuge    untruth    duplicity    falsehood    artifice   
     
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