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ALL meanings of sophistry

soph·ist·ry
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  • noun plural sophistry a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning. 1
  • noun plural sophistry a false argument; sophism. 1
  • noun sophistry clever but misleading argumentation 1
  • uncountable noun sophistry Sophistry is the practice of using clever arguments that sound convincing but are in fact false. 0
  • noun sophistry a method of argument that is seemingly plausible though actually invalid and misleading 0
  • noun sophistry the art of using such arguments 0
  • noun sophistry subtle but unsound or fallacious reasoning 0
  • noun sophistry an instance of this; sophism 0
  • noun sophistry unsound or misleading but clever, plausible, and subtle argument or reasoning; sophism 0
  • noun sophistry the methods or practices of the Sophists 0
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