sophistry

  • 21sophistry — noun formal 1 (U) the clever use of reasons or explanations that seem correct but are really false, in order to deceive people 2 (C) a reason or explanation used like this …

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  • 22sophistry — n sophism, philosophism, casuistry, Jesuitism, illogicality, irrationality, elenchus; fallacy, Logic. paralogism, Logic. antilogism; subterfuge, feint, dodge, stratagem; subtlety, quibble, cavil; misrepresentation, untruth, equivocation,… …

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  • 23sophistry — soph·is·try …

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  • 24sophistry — soph•ist•ry [[t]ˈsɒf ə stri[/t]] n. pl. ries 1) pho a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning 2) pho a false argument; sophism • Etymology: 1300–50 …

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  • 25sophistry — /ˈsɒfəstri/ (say sofuhstree) noun (plural sophistries) 1. a subtle, tricky, specious, but generally fallacious method of reasoning. 2. a false argument; sophism …

  • 26sophistry — n. (pl. ies) 1 the use of sophisms. 2 a sophism …

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  • 27philo-sophistry — …

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  • 28Sophist (dialogue) — The Sophist (Greek: Σοφιστής) is one of the late Dialogues of Plato, which was written much later than the Parmenides and the Theaetetus , probably in 360 BC. After he criticized his own Theory of Forms in the Parmenides , Plato proceeds in the… …

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  • 29Stanley Fish — Stanley Eugene Fish (born 1938) is a prominent American literary theorist and legal scholar. He was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. He is among the most important critics of the English poet John Milton in the 20th century, and is… …

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  • 30Intuition — (Roget s Thesaurus) Sophistry >The absence of reasoning. >. False or vicious reasoning PARAG:Intuition >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,476,} intuition instinct association Sgm: N 1 presentiment presentiment Sgm: N 1 rule of thumb rule… …

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