sophistry
IPA: sʌfˈɪstri
noun
- (uncountable, historical) The actions or arguments of a sophist.
- (uncountable) Plausible yet fallacious argumentations or reasoning.
- (countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so; a sophism.
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Examples of "sophistry" in Sentences
- The argument is a sophistry.
- So let's stop with the sophistry.
- Is this not the most absurd sophistry
- Sophistry is clearly against the rules.
- None of this sophistry belongs in the article.
- Isn't sophistry nearly the opposite of rhetoric
- The sophistry is only on one side of the argument.
- In the future, please refrain from using sophistry.
- More sophistry is being used in the matter of the links.
- Deletion of the category is deletion and is sophistry to pretend otherwise.
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