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sophistry
UK /ˈsɒ.fɪ.stɹi/ US /ˈsɑ.fɪ.stɹi/
noun 3
Collocations
5ADJ.
right
VERB + SOPHISTRY
called, describing, like
SOPHISTRY + NOUN
art
PREP.
in
ADV.
always
Definitions
noun
1
The actions or arguments of a sophist.
Such conduct is at any rate not sophistical, if Aristotle be right in describing sophistry as the art of making money.
2
Plausible yet fallacious argumentation or reasoning.
3
An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so.
And so he reasoned until the first generous impulse to proclaim the truth and relinquish his titles and his estates to their rightful owner was forgotten beneath the mass of sophistries which self-interest had advanced.
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Synonyms
noun — a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reas
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Such conduct is at any rate not sophistical, if Aristotle be right in describing sophistry as the art of making money.
Wiktionary02
And so he reasoned until the first generous impulse to proclaim the truth and relinquish his titles and his estates to their rightful owner was forgotten beneath the mass of sophistries which self-int
Wiktionary03
You can adduce studies and reports all you like, but their sophistry will always win out.
Tatoeba · #1069370504
I think that things have become very murky these days, lots of misunderstanding, miscues, a lot of what the ancients would have called sophistry.
Tatoeba · #11595501Usage Notes
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