Found 2 items, similar to Sophistry.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sophistry
sophistry
n : a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in
reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone [syn:
sophism,
sophistication]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sophistry
Sophistry
\Soph"ist*ry\, n. [OE. sophistrie, OF. sophisterie.]
1. The art or process of reasoning; logic. [Obs.]
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2. The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning
sound in appearance only.
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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.
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Syn: See
Fallacy.
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