About The Word Sophistry
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Sophistry
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What's The Definition Of Sophistry?
[n] a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
Synonyms | Synonyms for Sophistry: sophism | sophistication Related Terms | Find terms related to Sophistry: See Also | fallacy | false belief Sophistry In Webster's Dictionary \Soph"ist*ry\, n. [OE. sophistrie, OF. sophisterie.]
1. The art or process of reasoning; logic. [Obs.]
2. The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning
sound in appearance only.
The juggle of sophistry consists, for the most part,
in usig a word in one sense in the premise, and in
another sense in the conclusion. --Coleridge.
Syn: See {Fallacy}.
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