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Synonyms for sophistry
ˈsɒf ə strisophist·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
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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Dictionary of English Synonymes
sophistrynoun
Synonyms:
paralogy, paralogism, false logic, fallacious reasoning, flaw in the argument, inconclusive reasoning, reasoning in a circle, begging the question
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
sophistrynoun
Synonyms:
fallacy, paralogy, paralogism
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#22650 | sophistication | |
#76443 | edification | |
#111863 | sophistry | |
#136304 | worldliness |
How to use sophistry in a sentence?
Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.
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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