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ˈsɒf ə strisophist·ry

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  1. sophism, sophistry, sophisticationnoun

    a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

    Synonyms:
    worldliness, sophistication, edification, mundaneness, mundanity, sophism

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  1. sophistrynoun

    Synonyms:
    fallacy, paralogy, paralogism

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  1. Francis Bacon:

    Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.

  2. David Hume:

    If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, "Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number?" No. "Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence?" No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.


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