About The Word Sophistic
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Sophistic
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What's The Definition Of Sophistic?
[adj] plausible but misleading
Synonyms | Synonyms for Sophistic: invalid | sophistical Related Terms | Find terms related to Sophistic: See Also | Sophistic In Webster's Dictionary \So*phis"tic\, Sophistical \So*phis"tic*al\, a. [L.
sophisticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. sophistique.]
Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry;
fallaciously subtile; not sound.
His argument . . . is altogether sophistical.
--Macaulay.
-- {So*phis"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {So*phis"tic*al*ness}, n.
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