About The Word Sophism
Learn about the word Sophism to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Sophism definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Sophism
| Sophism Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Sophism?
[n] a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
Synonyms | Synonyms for Sophism: sophistication | sophistry Related Terms | Find terms related to Sophism: See Also | fallacy | false belief Sophism In Webster's Dictionary \Soph"ism\, n. [F. sophisme, L. sophisma, fr. Gr. ?, fr.
? to make wise, ? to be become wise, to play the sophist, fr.
? wise.]
The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist;
hence, any fallacy designed to deceive.
When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true
one, then it is properly called a sophism, or
``fallacy''. --I. Watts.
Let us first rid ourselves of sophisms, those of
depraved men, and those of heartless philosophers. --I.
Taylor.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Dreadful ‐ causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk";…
- Fahrenheit scale ‐ a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water…
- Tetragrammaton ‐ four Hebrew letters (usually transliterated as YHWH (Yahweh)…
- Research worker ‐ a scientist who devotes himself to…
- Hamitic language ‐ a group of North African languages related…
- Yellow lupine ‐ yellow-flowered European lupine cultivated…
- Israeli ‐ a native or inhabitant of Israel [adj] of or relating to or characteristic…
- Bird-scarer ‐ an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away…
- Smoothbore ‐ of a firearm; not having rifling or internal spiral grooves inside…
- Affective disorder ‐ any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities…