sophistical

  • 1sophistical — [sə fis′ti kəl] adj. 〚ML sophisticalis < L sophisticus < Gr sophistikos < sophistēs, wise man, sophist〛 1. of or characteristic of sophists or sophistry 2. clever and plausible, but unsound and tending to mislead [a sophistical argument] …

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  • 2sophistical — [sə fis′ti kəl] adj. [ML sophisticalis &LT; L sophisticus &LT; Gr sophistikos &LT; sophistēs, wise man, sophist] 1. of or characteristic of sophists or sophistry 2. clever and plausible, but unsound and tending to mislead [a sophistical argument] …

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  • 3sophistical — index deceptive, fallacious, ill founded, illogical, illusory, incorrect, sophistic, specious, subtle …

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  • 4sophistical — fallacious, casuistical (see under FALLACY) Antonyms: valid Contrasted words: cogent, sound, convincing, compelling, telling (see VALID) …

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  • 5Sophistical — Sophistic 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. [1913 Webster] His argument . . . is altogether sophistical.&#8230; …

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  • 6sophistical — sophist ► NOUN ▪ a person who uses clever but false arguments. DERIVATIVES sophistic adjective sophistical adjective …

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  • 7sophistical excuse — index evasion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 8Sophistical Refutations — Part of a series on Aristotelianism …

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  • 9sophistical — adjective see sophistic …

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  • 10sophistical — adjective a) Pertaining to a sophist or sophistry. b) Fallacious, misleading or incorrect in logic or reasoning, especially intentionally. Syn: sophistic …

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